The Afghanistan War, by the numbers:
US troops killed: 2,309
US troops injured: 20,660
Taliban members killed: 72,000
Afghan national security forces killed: 65,596
Afghan civilians killed: 38,480
US taxpayer dollars spent: $2 trillion
Sources: US Department of Defense, icasualties.org, Brown University, Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies Afghanistan, United Nations, Congressional Budget Office
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