Since 9/11, the United States has amassed an estimated two trillion U.S. dollars of war spending in Afghanistan, with the interest on additional borrowing alone costing over 456 billion U.S. dollars. These figures include budgetary spending between FY 2001 and FY 2019.
Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Brown University. (September 30, 2019). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. (2019). Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University. "Total Budgetary Cost to The United States of War Spending in Afghanistan between Fy 2001 and Fy 2019, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/
Brown University, Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Total budgetary cost to the United States of war spending in Afghanistan between FY 2001 and FY 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Brown University, September 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075910/total-us-war-spending-afghanistan-category/