“Each of us realized that sooner or later this would happen, but the way NATO left Afghanistan amazed everyone, including the Taliban. We were besides amazed and frustrated: veterans, soldiers who sacrificed a lot under the Hindu Kush for the cause,” says Marcin Szymański, author of the book “Hostages of Hell”, tells Defence24.pl. The Reserve Colonel and I talk about looking at the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the Afghans themselves and trying to realize what was happening there, besides after NATO withdrew and what impact it had on those involved.