As she watched events unfold in Afghanistan this week with staggering speed, Kristin Leone began questioning her 2015 deployment with the U.S. Naval Reserve Nurse Corps, tending to wounded American and NATO soldiers. “Did I do enough?” the Berlin Borough nurse wondered. “Did we do all of this in vain?” Like many veterans of the conflict in the region, Leone, 45, felt a jumble of emotions. Some said they are troubled by the chaotic end to America’s longest war with its enemy emerging as the victor. Others expressed relief that the United States and other Western countries are closing their miss…

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