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Afghanistan by the Numbers

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   16 -- Years U.S. troops have fought in Afghanistan

   2,300 -- [1]U.S. troops killed

   31,000 -- [2]Civilians killed, as of August 2016

   800 billion -- [3]Dollars spent by U.S. on war

   8,400 -- U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan

   6,575 -- [4]Allied and NATO troops in Afghanistan

   3,053 -- Private [5]security contractors working for DOD in Afghanistan

   60% -- Percentage of Afghanistan controlled by Kabul's government

   40% -- Percentage of Afghanistan controlled by Taliban

References

   1. https://www.defense.gov/casualty.pdf
   2. http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians/afghan
   3. http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/Costs%20of%20War%20through%202016%20FINAL%20final%20v2.pdf
   4. https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2017-07-30qr-section3-security.pdf
   5. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R44116.pdf