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Israel/Palestine

Mosby

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22. Yeah, we did, 46,000 civilians.

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #21)

Fri Oct 13, 2023, 04:05 PM

Oct 2023

The American war in Afghanistan incurred staggering costs — for the United States, Afghans and others — over two decades. The U.S. government spent $2.3 trillion, and the war led to the deaths of 2,324 U.S. military personnel, 3,917 U.S. contractors and 1,144 allied troops. For Afghans, the statistics are nearly unimaginable: 70,000 Afghan military and police deaths, 46,319 Afghan civilians (although that is likely a significant underestimation) and some 53,000 opposition fighters killed. Almost 67,000 other people were killed in Pakistan in relation to the Afghan war.

https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/11/afghanistan-was-loss-better-peace

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I wasn't talking to you. Mosby Oct 2023 #13

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Wrong again Mosby ..... Israeli Nov 2023 #24

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