TangentSIGAR has tracked America’s efforts in Afghanistan since Congress created the agency in 2008. All told, the government has spent some $2.26 trillion on the war effort, not including infrastructure and non-war items, Brown University’s Costs of War project estimated. Neta Crawford, a Boston University professor who helps lead the Cost of War project, told Forbes the United States misjudged the conflict's human and financial toll. But Andrew Bacevich, a longtime Afghan war critic who heads the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, called the United States’ goals in Afghanistan “astonishingly grandiose” and ultimately impossible. Further Reading8 Paradoxes That Sum Up America's 20-Year Mission In Afghanistan (NPR)The War In Afghanistan Cost America $300 Million Per Day For 20 Years, With Big Bills Yet To Come (Forbes)

Source: Forbes August 17, 2021 22:18 UTC