Calculating the Costs of the Afghanistan War in Lives, Dollars and Years

9/1/21

Afghanistan

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The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of troops from Afghanistan, providing an uncertain punctuation mark to two decades of conflict.

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