The Bill for the Afghanistan War Is $2.26 Trillion, and Still Rising
16 Apr 2021
Military.com | By Stephen Losey
The nearly two-decade war in Afghanistan has cost the United States $2.26 trillion, according to a new analysis by Brown University.
But even after the last American service member leaves Afghanistan later this year, as the Biden administration has pledged, the costs will continue to rise, according to Brown's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
In its Costs of War report released Friday, the Watson Institute tallies the staggering expense of the nation's longest war, as the Biden administration prepares to withdraw the last few thousand troops from Afghanistan no later than Sept. 11. The analysis collected the estimated congressional appropriations for the war, including operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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