Not Our Problem: The True Story of an Afghan Refugee, an American Promise, and the World Between Them

In an Afghan village, a boy learns his letters under a mullah's stick and dreams of a life free of the Taliban; in Virginia, a cadet learns to read a map and lead a platoon into combat. Years later, on a wind-scoured ridgeline overlooking Zabul Province, helicopters roaring overhead, Afghan interpreter Abdulhaq Sodais and U.S. Army Lieutenant Spencer Sullivan must learn to trust each other if they hope to survive.

In 2021, when the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban reassert their ...