The 20-year presence of US troops in Afghanistan has killed more than 241,000 people and cost more than $ 2 trillion.
The United States has spent more than $ 2.26 trillion since the fall of 2001 in the war in Afghanistan, IRNA reported Wednesday, citing the Watson Institute for Public Affairs and International Affairs.
During the same period, more than 241,000 people lost their lives in the war in Afghanistan.
According to the report, at least 2,442,000 American soldiers were killed in the war.
The report also puts the number of troops killed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the war in Afghanistan at 1,144.
More than 69,000 Afghan troops, 72 journalists and 444 humanitarian aid workers have been killed in the 20-year war, according to the report.
Following the ouster of fugitive Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Taliban forces seized power in Afghanistan on August 15th.
The fall of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s government in Afghanistan following the capture of Afghan cities, including Kabul, by Taliban militants has left Afghanistan with a bleak future.
In his first reaction to the fall of the Kabul government, US President Joe Biden acknowledged numerous mistakes made during the two decades of US military presence in Afghanistan and took responsibility for the current situation in Afghanistan. took responsibility.
“I do not mislead the American people by claiming that just staying a little longer in Afghanistan will change everything,” he said, expressing regret over two decades of US occupation. Also, I will not shy away from my responsibility for where we are today and how we should move forward from here.
“The Taliban have no control over Afghanistan, and the Afghan government, like any other government, has the military and equipment,” Biden said in a July 7 speech announcing the end of the US military mission in Afghanistan on August 31.
