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The figures for Afghanistan are part of the larger costs of the U.S. post-9/11 wars, which extend to Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere. The numbers are approximations based on the reporting of several data sources. For sources see the fuller human costs chart here. August 2021
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As of the summer of 2010, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were entering their eighth and tenth years respectively. The cumulative total in direct military costs associated with these conflicts exceeded $750 billion in the summer of 2009 (Belasco, 2009) and has likely reached $800 billion based on trends in monthly spending.
Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.26 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
1 wrz 2021 · The cumulative cost of military intervention in the Iraq/Syria war zone has risen to $2.1 trillion since 9/11, and about $355 billion more has funded military presence in other countries, including Somalia and a handful of African countries.
2 mar 2020 · It is estimated that the war has cost U.S. taxpayers $2 trillion which was spent on military operations, training Afghan security forces, economic development, reconstruction and...
The U.S. budgetary costs of the war in Afghanistan from FY2001-FY2022 totaled over 2.3 trillion dollars. The estimated U.S. budgetary costs of the wars in Iraq and Syria from FY2003-FY2022 totaled 2.9 trillion dollars.
Since September 2001, lawmakers have provided $602 billion in budget authority specifically for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other regions in support of the war on terrorism, and for veterans’ benefits and services (see Table 2 on page 12).
