{"id":24080,"date":"2024-12-03T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=24080"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:56:59","slug":"kevin-burke-afganistan-veterano-scoutmaster-mentor-servicio-militar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/12\/03\/kevin-burke-afghanistan-veteran-scoutmaster-mentorship-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Un veterano reflexiona sobre el servicio militar y el legado de Afganist\u00e1n con un periodista afgano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69db1fde6e41d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Burke creci\u00f3 en una<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">familia militar en Chicago. Tras graduarse en la universidad, sigui\u00f3 los pasos de su padre y bisabuelo y se uni\u00f3 en el Ej\u00e9rcito de los Estados Unidos a pesar de algunas objeciones familiares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lo largo de sus 21 a\u00f1os de servicio, fue desplegado varias veces a Afganist\u00e1n, Irak y \u00c1frica. La experiencia molde\u00f3 su perspectiva sobre el pueblo afgano luchando por la libertad contra los talibanes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burke trabaja ahora como jefe de tropa de Boy Scouts de su hijo de 12 a\u00f1os, ense\u00f1ando resiliencia e integridad a aquellos que alg\u00fan d\u00eda podr\u00edan servir. \"Puedo trabajar con esta generaci\u00f3n que viene y darles esa base de car\u00e1cter para hacerlo mejor, para ser mejores,\" dijo. M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de su trabajo con los j\u00f3venes, Burke tambi\u00e9n trabaja como Gerente de Educaci\u00f3n, Alcance y Participaci\u00f3n Comunitaria en Illinois Joining Force (IJF, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), ayudando a miembros del servicio, veteranos y sus familias a navegar por el \"mar de la buena voluntad.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde6fba2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde70783\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde70e4f\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Su historia me recuerda a la m\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi padre se uni\u00f3 al Ej\u00e9rcito Nacional Afgano hace catorce a\u00f1os y sirvi\u00f3 durante m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada, una decisi\u00f3n arraigada en la identidad y la necesidad. Mientras crec\u00eda, cada vez que desde la mezquita se anunciaba el entierro de un soldado ca\u00eddo, el miedo se apoderaba de mi familia. Nos recordaba la fr\u00e1gil l\u00ednea que separa la supervivencia de la p\u00e9rdida en el conflicto en curso. Casi todas las personas que conoc\u00edamos en el barrio y entre los amigos perdieron a alguno de sus seres queridos en el conflicto en curso con los talibanes. Sin embargo, para muchas familias afganas, incluida la m\u00eda, unirse al ej\u00e9rcito era una de las principales formas de mantener a la familia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esta conversaci\u00f3n refleja el deber y la resiliencia, tal y como lo cuenta Burke -reflejados en mis propias experiencias- y revela los destinos entrelazados de los que sirvieron y de los que fueron servidos por la marea siempre cambiante del <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/categoria\/refugiados-afganos-pajaros-de-alas-rotas-afganos-en-el-exilio\/\">pasado reciente de Afganist\u00e1n.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esta conversaci\u00f3n ha sido editada para brevedad y claridad.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"you-mentioned-being-a-third-generation-veteran-what-motivated-you-to-follow-in-those-footsteps\">Mencionaste que eres un veterano de tercera generaci\u00f3n. \u00bfQu\u00e9 te motiv\u00f3 a seguir esos pasos?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cre\u00eda en ello. Era algo m\u00e1s que un trabajo; era un estilo de vida. Crec\u00ed en \u00e9l. Pero cuando decid\u00ed unirme, mi familia intent\u00f3 disuadirme. Mi madre se ech\u00f3 a llorar cuando me concedieron la beca del ROTC, diciendo, 'Por favor, no lo hagas. No tienes que llevar esta vida.' Para m\u00ed, el ej\u00e9rcito era como mi hogar. Son mi tribu, mi familia fuera de mi familia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hosseini:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En Afganist\u00e1n, el servicio militar es a menudo una cuesti\u00f3n de familia e identidad, pero la necesidad econ\u00f3mica es tambi\u00e9n un poderoso motor. Cuando mi padre se uni\u00f3 al Ej\u00e9rcito Nacional Afgano, la preocupaci\u00f3n se apoder\u00f3 de mi familia al saber que casi todos los vecinos hab\u00edan perdido a un ser querido en el conflicto con los talibanes.  Nunca olvidar\u00e9 lo preocupados que est\u00e1bamos todos. Para muchas familias afganas, incluida la m\u00eda, unirse al ej\u00e9rcito era una de las principales formas de mantener a una familia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde72d10\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"you-were-deployed-many-times-to-iraq-and-afghanistan-what-drew-you-back-time-and-again\">Estuviste desplegado muchas veces a Irak y Afganist\u00e1n, \u00bfqu\u00e9 te hizo volver una y otra vez?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: En mis 21 a\u00f1os de carrera, acumul\u00e9 22 mudanzas. Se crean esas conexiones, y es como una peque\u00f1a familia durante un tiempo. Cre\u00eda en la misi\u00f3n de apoyar y defender la Constituci\u00f3n. Y algo en el hecho de estar all\u00ed, estar afuera, haciendo lo que amaba, me hac\u00eda volver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me desplegaron a Irak en 2003. Nos desplegamos justo antes de Navidad y participamos en la invasi\u00f3n. Regres\u00e9 poco despu\u00e9s de que el Presidente George W. Bush declarara la victoria, pero preve\u00eda que habr\u00eda misiones de seguimiento. Pero me desviaron a Afganist\u00e1n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hosseini:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mi familia regres\u00f3 a Afganist\u00e1n en 2004. Nunca hab\u00eda vivido bajo el r\u00e9gimen talib\u00e1n y no ten\u00eda intenci\u00f3n de hacerlo en 2021, tras el colapso del gobierno afgano. Por seguridad, mi familia huy\u00f3 al vecino Ir\u00e1n cuando yo ten\u00eda tres meses, en 1994. Nos fuimos a causa de la persecuci\u00f3n de los talibanes al grupo \u00e9tnico haraza y a la poblaci\u00f3n chi\u00edta y su aborrecible trato a las mujeres. La introducci\u00f3n de Ir\u00e1n de una medida que hizo que el costo de la educaci\u00f3n estuviera fuera del alcance de muchos refugiados empuj\u00f3 a mi familia de vuelta a Afganist\u00e1n en 2004. Gracias al derrocamiento del gobierno talib\u00e1n liderado por Estados Unidos -y a la nueva financiaci\u00f3n internacional para la educaci\u00f3n de las ni\u00f1as-, mi hermano y yo pudimos aprender en nuestra patria.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69db1fde73719\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-21362\" class=\"post-21362 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-afghanpilot\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/01\/22\/afghanistan-pilot-najibullah-amini-flight-training-aviation-academy\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/01\/22\/afghanistan-pilot-najibullah-amini-flight-training-aviation-academy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Desafiando a la gravedad: El viaje de un afgano para obtener su licencia de piloto<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/saleha-soadat\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Saleha Soadat\">Saleha Soadat<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/01\/22\/afghanistan-pilot-najibullah-amini-flight-training-aviation-academy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">22 de enero de 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"afghanistan-is-often-misunderstood-in-the-west-what-were-your-initial-impressions-and-how-did-they-evolve\">En Occidente se suele malinterpretar a Afganist\u00e1n. \u00bfCu\u00e1les fueron tus impresiones iniciales y c\u00f3mo evolucionaron?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Duro es la \u00fanica palabra que me viene a la mente. Son incre\u00edblemente duros. Siempre me quedaba alucinado con todo el mundo, especialmente con la gente de 90 a\u00f1os que luchaba contra los<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soldados sovi\u00e9ticos. No s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo llegaron tan lejos en su vida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los ancianos afganos me dec\u00edan: 'Cuando Al\u00e1 cre\u00f3 el mundo, le sobraba algo en los dedos, y simplemente lo sacudi\u00f3. Eso es Afganist\u00e1n.\u00b4 Ese es el chiste que hac\u00edan los ancianos en Afganist\u00e1n, que me hace re\u00edr cada vez que lo recuerdo. Si yo hubiera dicho eso, s\u00e9, sin lugar a dudas, que intentar\u00edan matarme en el acto. Tienen una relaci\u00f3n de amor-odio con la tierra, pero su conexi\u00f3n es muy profunda, arraigada en siglos de historia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lo que nunca entend\u00ed, sin embargo, es el trato a las mujeres. En algunos lugares se trataba mejor a los burros. (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burke explic\u00f3 que el chiste habitual en muchos de los pueblos de la zona oriental de Afganist\u00e1n era se\u00f1alar los cementerios cada vez que su equipo preguntaba a los lugare\u00f1os ad\u00f3nde llevar\u00edan a sus mujeres cuando cayeran enfermas.)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Si tuviera que arrepentirme de algo relacionado con Afganist\u00e1n o de algo postraum\u00e1tico, es que no hicimos nada al respecto.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Entradas populares de WordPress<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Tendencias<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde78277\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69db1fde7907c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><b>Hosseini:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Al crecer como refugiada, las noticias fueron las que moldearon mi impresi\u00f3n de Afganist\u00e1n. Recuerdo escenas de mujeres obligadas a cascarse de ni\u00f1as, azotadas y sin derecho a recibir educaci\u00f3n, las provincias inseguras y el nivel de pobreza. S\u00f3lo cuando volv\u00ed a Afganist\u00e1n para ir a la escuela a los 10 a\u00f1os, en 2004, empec\u00e9 a comprender la belleza y la complejidad del pa\u00eds m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los titulares. A pesar de la situaci\u00f3n de subdesarrollo y la vida dura, amo los recuerdos de mi infancia, como jugar a las canicas con los chicos del barrio, competir con mis amigos para resolver problemas de matem\u00e1ticas y deberes de ingl\u00e9s, y estar siempre entusiasmada con los viajes escolares. Al crecer en una de las provincias conservadoras de Afganist\u00e1n, mi familia siempre me anim\u00f3 a superar los l\u00edmites creados por la sociedad, y ellos son la raz\u00f3n por la que hoy soy la mejor versi\u00f3n de m\u00ed misma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"given-the-situations-complexity-what-did-it-take-to-build-trust-and-gather-intelligence-in-afghanistan\">Dada la complejidad de la situaci\u00f3n, \u00bfqu\u00e9 se necesit\u00f3 para generar confianza y reunir informaci\u00f3n de inteligencia en Afganist\u00e1n?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mi trabajo en operaciones especiales consist\u00eda principalmente en poder ayudar a detectar a los malos. Me entrenaron para desenvolverme en la cultura afgana y comprender el espectro de motivaciones que hay detr\u00e1s de la insurgencia. No te quedas demasiado tiempo. Cuanto m\u00e1s tiempo te quedes, m\u00e1s se puede volver en tu contra. Mi trabajo consist\u00eda en encontrar al anciano, hablarle con respeto y explicarle, 'No quiero estar en tu aldea. Pero si conseguimos a esta persona, nos iremos, y lo que est\u00e9 roto, lo arreglaremos.' Ese enfoque a menudo ayudaba a evitar la violencia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como forastero, tuve que aprender y procesar las cosas muy r\u00e1pidamente. Siempre hay algo m\u00e1s detr\u00e1s de la historia. Siendo occidental \u2014  entregan a sus enemigos. Podr\u00eda haber sido un enemigo de su familia; podr\u00eda haber sido un enemigo de su tribu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"you-played-a-role-in-the-mission-to-rescue-marcus-luttrell-a-well-known-seal-team-member-can-you-walk-us-through-that-experience\">Desempe\u00f1aste un papel en la misi\u00f3n de rescate de Marcus Luttrell, un conocido miembro del Equipo SEAL. \u00bfPuedes contarnos sobre esa experiencia?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Marcus, junto con su equipo, ten\u00edan una misi\u00f3n de capturar o matar a un objetivo. Perdieron las comunicaciones. Se vieron comprometidos muy pronto, y su plan de huida e invasi\u00f3n se estrope\u00f3 por la forma en que fueron atacados. Finalmente, tras casi dos semanas, Gulab, un afgano local, encontr\u00f3 y ayud\u00f3 a Marcus a esconderse en su pueblo y entreg\u00f3 una nota a mi unidad que demostraba que estaba vivo. Gulab ayud\u00f3 a Marcus a escapar. Los talibanes estaban muy molestos porque delatad\u00f3 a Marcus y amenazaron con matar a todos los habitantes de la aldea. Me sent\u00ed responsable por \u00e9l y su aldea. Presion\u00e9 para conseguirles recursos y suministros para darles al menos un poco de seguridad. Ese tipo sacrific\u00f3 todo y a todos en su familia para ayudar a uno de los nuestros. Le debemos m\u00e1s de lo que jam\u00e1s podr\u00e1s pagarle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-did-you-feel-about-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-in-2021-particularly-given-the-fate-of-allies-like-gulab\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 sientes sobre de la retirada estadounidense de Afganist\u00e1n en 2021, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta el destino de aliados como Gulab?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Burke: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me duele. La salida podr\u00eda haberse gestionado mejor. Durante la era Obama, ten\u00edamos un proceso estructurado para evaluar si las provincias afganas estaban preparadas para gestionar la seguridad. Algunas zonas lo estaban haciendo bien; otras, no. Pero el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2022\/08\/17\/a-year-later-a-look-back-at-public-opinion-about-the-u-s-military-exit-from-afghanistan\/\">acuerdo de Doha de 2020 se salt\u00f3 ese sistema.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me inscrib\u00ed para ayudar, no para hacer da\u00f1o. Y estamos haciendo da\u00f1o. Estamos sufriendo. Sin querer o no, no importa. Nos quedamos cortos en nuestro propio objetivo, y nos fuimos. Fue frustrante que a\u00f1os de trabajo y sacrificios parecieran desperdiciados cuando EE.UU. se fue abruptamente.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hosseini:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> La brusquedad de la retirada fue devastadora. En cuanto los talibanes tomaron el poder, fueron puerta por puerta, buscando a personas que hab\u00edan cooperado con Estados Unidos y formaban parte del ej\u00e9rcito, torturando y matando a muchos. La r\u00e1pida marcha dej\u00f3 a innumerables familias afganas expuestas a represalias, en particular a las mujeres y a la generaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven, que hab\u00edan invertido a\u00f1os en construir un futuro brillante. Cuando lleg\u00f3 el d\u00eda y Estados Unidos se march\u00f3, el Presidente afgano huy\u00f3 y los talibanes tomaron r\u00e1pidamente Kabul. Fue un caos. Muchas personas que conoc\u00edamos, entre ellas una de las camarada de mi padre, fueron asesinadas, y los sue\u00f1os de las mujeres se hicieron a\u00f1icos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde una perspectiva afgana, los 20 a\u00f1os de progreso en educaci\u00f3n, derechos de la mujer y estabilidad econ\u00f3mica no eran meros s\u00edmbolos, sino logros tangibles. Gran parte de eso se perdi\u00f3 de la noche a la ma\u00f1ana con la salida de Estados Unidos. Llevar una vida sencilla se convirti\u00f3 en una pesadilla continua para casi todo el mundo, especialmente para las mujeres y la generaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema Hosseini es becaria del Roy W. Howard Investigative Reporting que cubre las comunidades migratorias para Borderless Magazine. 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