The first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled with pride.

"We considered these men our brothers in arms," said Matt Carpenter, who works in the Strasburg-Franklin school district.

“Khalilzad has been wrong and naive about Taliban 2.0 before and there is no ... to end America’s longest-running war, which saw US troops leave Afghanistan after 20 years.

During the US-led, 20-year war against the Taliban, Afghan Air Force pilots played ... His job involved clearing out civilian areas before they were targeted by US drone strikes.