{"id":2098,"date":"2026-10-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/nrc-nieuws-achtergronden-en-onderzoeksjournalistiek-opinion-as-a-former-soldier-i-am-proud-that-we-do-not-sweep-our-mistakes-under-the-carpet\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:00:00","slug":"nrc-nieuws-achtergronden-en-onderzoeksjournalistiek-opinion-as-a-former-soldier-i-am-proud-that-we-do-not-sweep-our-mistakes-under-the-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/nrc-nieuws-achtergronden-en-onderzoeksjournalistiek-opinion-as-a-former-soldier-i-am-proud-that-we-do-not-sweep-our-mistakes-under-the-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"&#127475;&#127473; NRC &#8211; Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek: Opinion | As a former soldier, I am proud that we do not sweep our mistakes under the carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Link (English, Google Translate): <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=EN&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2026%2F10%2F05%2Fals-ex-militair-ben-ik-er-trots-op-dat-wij-onze-fouten-niet-onder-het-tapijt-vegen-a4937862\">https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=EN&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2026%2F10%2F05%2Fals-ex-militair-ben-ik-er-trots-op-dat-wij-onze-fouten-niet-onder-het-tapijt-vegen-a4937862<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opinion | As a former soldier, I am proud that we do not sweep our mistakes under the carpet<\/p>\n<p>Source: NRC &#8211; Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek<\/p>\n<p>Original language: Dutch<\/p>\n<p>Original title: Opinie | Als ex-militair ben ik er trots op dat wij onze fouten niet onder het tapijt vegen<\/p>\n<p>Published: 2026-10-05 13:00 (UTC)<\/p>\n<p>Link in original language: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2026\/10\/05\/als-ex-militair-ben-ik-er-trots-op-dat-wij-onze-fouten-niet-onder-het-tapijt-vegen-a4937862\">https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2026\/10\/05\/als-ex-militair-ben-ik-er-trots-op-dat-wij-onze-fouten-niet-onder-het-tapijt-vegen-a4937862<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link (English, Google Translate): https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=EN&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2026%2F10%2F05%2Fals-ex-militair-ben-ik-er-trots-op-dat-wij-onze-fouten-niet-onder-het-tapijt-vegen-a4937862 Opinion | As a former soldier, I am proud that we do not sweep our mistakes under the carpet Source: NRC &#8211; Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek Original language: Dutch Original title: Opinie | Als ex-militair ben ik er trots op dat wij onze fouten niet onder het tapijt vegen Published:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanistan.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}