Afghanistan told a protest of his disgust over the chaotic Allied withdrawal from the country. Paul Sweeney, whose best friend Bobby Hetherington was killed in Helmand, said there had been so much sacrificed by so many and it now felt in vain.Sweeney was addressing a protest in Glasgow, organised by the Afghan Human Rights Foundation and the Glasgow Stop the War Coalition.
Hundreds of people held up placards demanding “no more war” and “Afghan refugees welcome here”.He said: “I felt numb watching the scenes from Afghanistan. “One of my best friends was killed in 2013, blown apart by an IED in Helmand and we have to question what was it for?"I have been speaking to friends who have been in Afghanistan, who have sacrificed so much, who have.
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