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Rescued puppy helps Army Afghanistan veteran heal

Each time John Bear was deployed to Afghanistan he befriended a stray dog, which he said are all over that country, and in general are not treated well by locals. He wanted to bring back home each of the dogs but could never find a way. That changed in the past six months with the arrival of Athena, a shepherd from Afghanistan that Bear adopted from the Puppy Rescue Mission in Kabul.“They were…