USA - “The Taliban are the victors,” says retired US Brigadier General Don Bolduc, who saw 69 of his soldiers killed in Afghanistan. “We just haven’t figured that out yet.” Absorbing the fact that the US has lost militarily in Afghanistan will be a "bitter pill" for the soldiers he fought with, Bolduc told Yahoo News Friday. "They did what they were asked, they did the right thing, and they watched their teammates get maimed, get killed, and because of the failure of our policy makers and our senior military leaders, they're going to have to swallow this pill," he said. The retired Special Forces officer says he has the dog tags of all 69 men who were lost during his five years in Afghanistan as a token to remind him of the "price for bad policy and strategy."