War Related Death, Injury and Displacement in Afghanistan and Pakistan 2001-2014
May 2015
Neta C. Crawford (2015)
Search Results for "Afghanistan"
The war on terror's true cost
August 2, 2022 News Nation
NewsNation cited Costs of War in a segment on the costs of war in Afghanistan. It appeared on several local news stations in Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, and Montana.
Costs of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for the State of Rhode Island
January 2015
Luke Lattanzi-Silveus (2015)
Trump Slams Biden Over Afghan Civilian Deaths by Airstrike—Which Jumped 330% Under His Watch
September 18, 2021 Newsweek
Newsweek cites a report by Neta C. Crawford on Afghanistan's rising civlian death toll due to airstrikes.
Current and Projected Future Costs of Caring for Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
June 2011
Linda J. Bilmes (2011)
The frighteningly high human and financial costs of war
October 12, 2016 AlJazeera
"The Costs of War Project comprises 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners and physicians, and has been working since 2011 to document the full human, material, and political costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria - and to ask for an official accounting. The project's findings show that over the past 15 years, US conflicts have cost more than 600,000 military and civilian lives, resulted in more than seven million refugees and displaced people, and run-up perhaps nearly $13 trillion in financial costs over the lifetimes of the conflicts."
Where Is That Wasteful Government Spending?
October 20, 2016 History News Network
Taking these and other factors into account, a recent study at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the cost to U.S. taxpayers of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at nearly $5 trillion thus far. According to the report’s author, Neta Crawford, this figure is “so large as to be almost incomprehensible.”
Americans have yet to grasp the horrific magnitude of the ‘war on terror’
April 10, 2015 Al Jazeera America
“The Costs of War project at Brown University estimated in June 2014 that the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan would cost taxpayers ‘close to $4.4 trillion, not including future interest costs on borrowing for the wars,’ through the end of 2014.”
‘US military adventures jeopardising global security’
August 28, 2022 IOL
Costs of War was cited in an op-ed in IOL News (South Africa) about civilians killed in Afghanistan.
U.S. Offers Payments to Families of Afghans Killed in August Drone Strike
October 15, 2021 The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal cites Costs of War Project data on the civlian death toll of the war in Afghanistan.
History Repeating Itself: Lessons from American Interventions
June 16, 2025 DailyKos
DailyKos cited Costs of War on the budgetary costs of war in Afghanistan.
What if the U.S. joins? The Israel and Iran war could get wildly expensive
June 18, 2025 The Street
The Street cited Costs of War research on the costs of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kashmir: A bleeding Paradise
August 4, 2023 Islamabad Post
Costs of War was cited in the Islamabad Post on civilian deaths in Afghanistan.
Niger: The sounds, the signals and the noises
August 12, 2023 The Guardian Nigeria
Costs of War was quoted in The Guardian Nigeria on the costs of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Im Treibsand – oder: Noch immer kein „Endgame“ in Sicht für afghanische Ortskräfte
August 30, 2023 Nach Denk Seiten
Costs of War research on Afghanistan was cited in Nach Denk Seiten.
Revisiting US, Pak losses in ‘War on Terror’ as Taliban resurface in Swat
October 20, 2022 The News
Costs of War was cited in In The News (Pakistan) on the costs of the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
‘Blood On His Hands’: Joe Biden’s Greatest Mistake
September 1, 2023 1945 News
Costs of War was cited in 1945 News in a commentary criticizing Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan.
Biden quip offends Afghans
November 6, 2022 Pakistan Today
Pakistan Today cited Costs of War’s financial costs research in an article about the Taliban criticizing President Biden calling Afghanistan “god-forsaken”
EU Nations Mull Reopening Afghan Embassies, Recognizing Taliban
July 16, 2024 Bloomberg
Bloomberg cited Costs of War on civilian deaths in Afghanistan (reposted by Yahoo.)