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by droptablemain 1766 days ago
Death toll of the formerly perpetual occupation of Afghanistan:

American military members: 2,448 U.S. contractors: 3,846 Afghan military/police: 66,000 Other allied troops: 1,144 Afghan civilians: 47,245 Taliban/opposition fighters: 51,191 Aid workers: 444 Journalists: 72

src: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-14/cos...

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Remember that it used to be that casualties, being deaths and injuries, used to be about 1:1. Since body armor and the like the amount of injured is 10x the deaths, and conveniently accounting of casualties by the government in media changed to deaths to make casualties seem much lighter than they were.