The War In Afghanistan Cost America $300 Million Per Day For 20 Years, With Big Bills Yet To Come

 

Taliban fighters sit at the desk vacated mere hours before by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country, Sunday, August 15, 2021.

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The Taliban, in a shocking blitzkrieg, have swept through Afghanistan in less than a month, the 300,000-man Afghan army all but melting away in their path. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as he fled to Tajikistan over the weekend, conceded in a statement that the Taliban had won, “with the judgment of their swords and guns, and are now responsible for the honor, property and self-preservation of their countrymen.”