AFGHANISTAN: BETWEEN LIFE AND WAR
Ten years into this conflict, the U.S. now spends about $190 million a day in the country or about $2,200 every second.
Every year a record amount of foreign troops are killed in Afghanistan, with more than 1,800 perishing so far. More than 4,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers have died. Civilian casualties are far harder to pinpoint, but by most counts, more than 10,000 Afghan civilians have lost their lives in the fighting, all seen as collateral damage. Yet despite this, despite the tremendous cost, many people are tired of hearing about Afghanistan, tired of this war. The numbers – thousands killed, more than $380 billion spent – are so large, they seem to lose any meaning. Statistics are bloodless. Many people have stopped paying attention.
