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The cost of the 20-year war in Afghanistan

In nearly 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, more than 2,400 hundred American service members lost their lives and cost American taxpayers about $1 trillion. Those costs are the results of two decades of decision-making in Washington⁠ — decisions that could have changed the outcome of the war, and the future. Elaine Quijano has details.
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