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by bjenkins358 1551 days ago
2.3 trillion (US spending https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-b... ) / 40 million (Afghan population https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/afghanistan-popu...) = $57,500. Which is still 8x the most typical salary of $7,000 USD a year ( https://www.averagesalarysurvey.com/afghanistan ).
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I said per family, not per person - the average Afghan household has 6-7 people.

GDP per capita of Afghanistan is ~500$/head, the vast majority don't have a salary at all.