Cost of U.S. War in Afghanistan: About $1 Trillion
August 29th, 2019Via: BBC:
So, according to the US Department of Defense, the total military expenditure in Afghanistan (from October 2001 until March 2019) was $760bn.
That’s significantly more than the figure given by the Afghan president.
But an independent study carried out by Brown University’s Cost of War Project argues that the official US figures for Afghanistan are a substantial underestimate.
It says they do not include spending on war veterans’ care, money spent on other government departments for war-related activities and the cost of interest on debt incurred to pay for the war.
It estimates the total cost, factoring in these additional elements, is closer to one trillion US dollars.
