- U.S. war in Afghanistan has cost $2.26 trillion and over 241,000 lives according to new updated figures. Excludes deaths by indirect consequences (loss of food, water and infrastructure) https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-budgetary-costs-date-us-war-afghanistan-2001-2021 135 comments geopolitics
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- US completes evacuation of embassy in Afghanistan as flag comes down at diplomatic compound | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/politics/us-embassy-kabul-afghanistan/index.html 275 comments
- The War In Afghanistan Cost America $300 Million Per Day For 20 Years, With Big Bills Yet To Come https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2021/08/16/the-war-in-afghanistan-cost-america-300-million-per-day-for-20-years-with-big-bills-yet-to-come/ 163 comments
- Joe Biden Blames Afghan Leaders For Giving Up https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/biden-afghanistan-speech-taliban-take-over 139 comments
- The Media Is Blowing the Afghanistan Withdrawal Story | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/163357/media-coverage-afghanistan-withdrawal-failure 119 comments
- Op-Ed: The Afghanistan blame game has begun - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-13/afghanistan-blame-biden?amp%3Bmc_eid=83df67898c&mc_cid=67588411bf 100 comments
- The Key Reason the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2021/05/the-key-reason-the-u-s-lost-in-afghanistan/ 78 comments
- The war in Afghanistan was a huge victory — for the military-industrial complex | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2021/08/22/the-war-afghanistan-was-a-huge-victory--for-the-military-industrial-complex/ 33 comments
- The Guardian view on Britain’s Afghan failure: a military and political disaster | Editorial | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/17/the-guardian-view-on-britains-afghan-failure-a-military-and-political-disaster 21 comments
- As Its Longest War Comes to an End, the U.S. Should Seek to End All Wars - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-its-longest-war-comes-to-an-end-the-u-s-should-seek-to-end-all-wars/ 13 comments
- Bagram: Last US and Nato forces leave key Afghanistan base - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57692303 9 comments