The Afghan War, By The Numbers
What 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan cost — in dollars and in lives.

A US soldier looks on as a C-117 plane drops food, water, and other supplies onto a landing zone at an undisclosed location in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan, some 200 kilometers southwest of Kabul, on May 29, 2007.

A US Chinook helicopter flies over the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021.
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