Life Isn't a Sitcom—the Costs of Working with Americans in Afghanistan | Opinion
April 20, 2021 Newsweek
Newsweek cites new Costs of War study on the Special Immigrant Visa program in Afghanistan for Afghani interpreters.
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Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban as the US Pulls Out, Capping 20-Year Failure
August 15, 2021 Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone references Costs of War Project data on the budgetary and human costs of the war in Afghanistan.
How Much Did the War in Afghanistan Cost?
August 16, 2021 Newsweek
Newsweek cites Costs of War Project data on the budgetary costs of the war in Afghanistan.
Cost of caring for Iraq, Afghanistan vets could top $2.5 trillion: report
August 18, 2021 NavyTimes
NavyTimes covers Costs of War Project report by Linda J. Bilmes on the cost of caring for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
British troops were twice as likely to be killed in Afghanistan as US forces
May 12, 2021 The Guardian
The Guardian highlights Jason Davidson's Costs of War research on the disproportionate numbers of fatalities suffered by U.S. allies in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Why did US leave Afghanistan and how much did America spend?
August 18, 2021 The Independent
The Independent cites Costs of War Project data on the human costs of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
With Afghanistan Withdrawal Underway, New Report Reveals Costs of Post-9/11 Wars for US Allies
May 12, 2021 Common Dreams
Common Dreams covers Jason Davidson's Costs of War study on the disproportionate human and resource costs suffered by U.S. allies in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
U.S. Media Outlets Are Still Banging the Drums for the Afghanistan War
July 7, 2021 In These Times
In These Times references Costs of War data on the number of people displaced in Afghanistan because of the post-9/11 wars.
Afghanistan: Has the war cost America $500bn?
August 29, 2019 BBC News
The Cost of War Project argues that official U.S. figures for the military expenditure in Afghanistan are a substantial underestimate, says BBC News article on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's $500bn estimate.
In Afghanistan, Trump is poised to re-escalate a hopeless war
May 12, 2017 The Atlantic
The Costs of War Project is referenced in this article on how few Americans are focused on the war in Afghanistan. "According to the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Afghan war has already cost the United States more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars."
Trump's Afghanistan Troop Increase Adds to $1 Trillion in War Costs
August 23, 2017 The Washington Post
Estimates by Neta Crawford, Co-Director of the Costs of War Project, are factored in to a tallying of what the war in Afghanistan has cost so far.
Trump's Afghanistan Strategy Won't End Human Rights Violations Among Immigrant Contractors
August 25, 2017 Quartz
Op-ed by Costs of War contributor Noah Coburn on immigrant contractors: "Tens of thousands of contractors who serve in Afghanistan are from 'third-party' countries, as highlighted in a report released this week by the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. While it was often assumed by soldiers and US policy makers I interviewed that these contractors in more civilian-esque roles are in less danger in warzones than soldiers, there is little evidence to support this."
Explosive Investigation Shows U.S. Officials Mislead the Public About "Unwinnable" War In Afghanistan for Years
December 10, 2019 The Takeaway
The Takeaway discusses the Washington Post investigation of the war in Afghanistan and speaks with Neta C. Crawford, co-director of the Costs of War Project.
What Did the U.S. Get for $2 Trillion in Afghanistan?
December 11, 2019 The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune shares a report assessing how much the US has spent on the war in Afghanistan and if that spending achieved its aims.
Donald Trump's Desire to "Get the Hell Out" of Afghanistan Amid Taliban Gains Could Lead to Catastrophe
September 21, 2018 Newsweek
This article on political will and US military strategy in Afghanistan cites the Costs of War Project's estimate that at least 970,000 veterans have some degree of officially recognized disability as a result of the wars.
U.S. sees Taliban deal as exit from Afghanistan. Militants see it as victory over the superpower.
March 3, 2020 NBC News
NBC News analyzes the U.S. agreement with the Taliban that could lead the U.S. to withdraw from Afghanistan after more than 18 years of war and around 2,400 U.S. military deaths, according to the Costs of War Project.
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."
A Decade in Afghanistan: Thousands Dead, Billions of Dollars Wasted
October 7, 2011 Huffington Post
“The astonishing amount of money taxpayers have spent on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars – an average of $130 billion annually – could have been better invested in efforts aligned with Americans' values, and in particular, job creation.”
Veterans Journal: Brown’s Costs of War project focuses on Afghanistan toll
October 21, 2013 Providence Journal
“The human toll in deaths by direct war violence, including U.S. soldiers and contractors, allied soldiers, Afghan security forces, insurgents, militants and civilians, is now estimated to be at least 145,000 since 2001 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years
August 9, 2022 Common Dreams
Costs of War’s latest report on contractors in Afghanistan, covered in Common Dreams.