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   From: js@phendrie.con   
      
   Launched in October 2001, the war in Afghanistan has now spanned four   
   presidential administrations.   
      
   In this time period, 2,461 American troops died in the conflict, in addition to   
   3,846 U.S. contractors, 66,000 members of the Afghan military and police   
   forces,   
   and more than 47,245 Afghan civilians. Seventy-two journalists, 444 aid   
   workers,   
   and 1,144 allied service members were also killed, as were 51,191 fighters for   
   the Taliban and other opposition forces, reports the Associated Press.   
      
   Members of Congress never voted to declare war in Afghanistan.   
      
   The war has cost America $2 trillion, and the estimated interest costs may be   
   up   
   to $6.5 trillion.   
      
   https://reason.com/2021/08/31/americas-longest-war-is-over/   
      
   It was a total waste.   
      
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