By the Numbers: Afghanistan before and after 20 years of war (2001-2021)
August 2022
Costs of War Project (2022)
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Stephanie Savell on America's Role in Global War Against Terrorism
April 20, 2019 C-SPAN Washington Journal
Co-director Stephanie Savell is interviewed on her research on America's expanding global war on terrorism.
Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report
April 2, 2025 Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
US War on Terror Kills Nearly 500,000 in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan
November 8, 2018 Voice of America
"ISLAMABAD — A study released Thursday says the U.S.-led war on terrorism has killed about 507,000 people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan during its 17 years and is showing a 22 percent increase in deaths in the past two years."
Letta Tayler presents on costs of war over 20 years after 9/11
September 13, 2022 The Brown Daily Herald
A recent webinar on the Costs of War/HRW report on Guantanamo was cited in the Brown Daily Herald.
Hold Democrats to their word on war spending
February 11, 2020 The Portland Press Herald
Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Phyllis Bennis cite Costs of War Project estimates that the U.S. has spent at least $6.4 trillion on post-9/11 wars, where more than 800,000 people have been killed.
Gallup: One Year Since Withdrawal, 50% of Americans Call Afghanistan War a Mistake
August 31, 2022 CNS News
Costs of War was cited in CNS News.
George W. Bush called Iraq war ‘unjustified and brutal.’ He meant Ukraine.
May 19, 2022 The Washington Post
The Washington Post cites Costs of War figures on the number of civilian deaths in the post-9/11 wars.
Report finds Israel’s war on Gaza ‘worst ever conflict’ for journalists
April 3, 2025 Arab News
Arab News wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war
May 26, 2025 Vox
Vox cited Costs of war research on veteran suicides (reposted in Yahoo News.)
America’s ‘Horrifically Damaging’ War on Terror Has Displaced at Least 37 Million People, Says Report
September 8, 2020 The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast features Costs of War's study, authored by David Vine and colleagues from American University, estimating that 37 million people have beeen displaced by the U.S. post-9/11 wars.
The War Comes Home: The Toll of War and the Shifting Burden of Care
June 2011
Allison Howell and Zoe H. Wool (2011)
Karl Rove's War
March 16, 2013 Huffington Post
“As we mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, surely it makes sense to acknowledge the consequences of our conduct… the war's cost in treasure and blood: $6 trillion and at least 190,000 lives lost.”
Taliban Denounce Prince Harry for Admitting to Afghan ‘War Crimes’
January 6, 2023 VOA News
VOA cited Costs of War on veterans suicides in an article about revelations from Prince Harry’s book.
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."
Against War? You’ve Got to be Kidding!
November 16, 2022 CounterPunch
Costs of War was cited in Counterpunch.
SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARY ESCALATION IN THE UKRAINE WAR
November 16, 2022 Inkstick Media
Costs of War contributor Lyle Goldstein highlighted his report on threat inflation with Russia in Inkstick.
War in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Violence
October 7, 2013 Truthout
H. Patricia Hynes: “Altogether the war in Afghanistan has cost American citizens $1.834 trillion, or 30 times President Bush's touted cost. The authors concede this is a conservative figure that excludes the social costs to families caring for veterans and record-breaking rates of veteran suicide, unemployment, homelessness, domestic violence and family breakup with its punishing setbacks for children. Nor does it include the collateral effects of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars: higher oil prices, intensified recession and the loss of domestic jobs.”
The Costs of War
September 6, 2011 WGBH News
“As in the past, wars are never over when they’re said to be over. So, in the lives of veterans and the lives of civilians in the war zones, recovery takes a very long time, and in some cases, is a lifelong process.”