Afghanistan. Its all over. Its official. The NATO mission in Afghanistan is now over. After thirteen years, thousands of lost lives and trillions of dollars, we are leaving. Some troops will stay behind to further train the Afghan National Army, but it is now in their hands and is their responsibility to carry on the fight against the Taliban. aljazeera/news/asia/2014/12/nato-ceremony-marking-end-afghan-war-20141228592954303.html time/3648055/united-states-afghanistan-war-end/ A total of 3,485 allied troops died in Afghanistan over the past 13 years, including 2,356 Americans. The war cost U.S. taxpayers, past, present and future, about $1 trillion. “We will never forget your sons and daughters who have died on our soil,” Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar said at the flag-lowering ceremony Sunday. “They are now our sons and daughters.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_casualties_in_Afghanistan Number of Coalition Soldiers killed in Afghanistan USA: 2,254 UK: 453 Canada: 158 France: 88 Germany: 57 Italy: 53 Poland: 44 Denmark: 43 Australia: 41 Spain: 35 Georgia: 29 Netherlands: 25 Romania: 23 Turkey: 14 Czech Republic: 10 New Zealand: 10 Norway: 10 Estonia: 9 Hungary: 7 Sweden: 5 Latvia: 4 Slovakia: 3 Finland: 2 Jordan: 2 Portugal: 2 South Korea: 2 Albania: 1 Belgium: 1 Lithuania: 1 Montenegro: 1 The number of Afghan civilians who have died as a result of this conflict may never be known for sure, but numbers vary from 20,000 or far more. costsofwar.org/article/afghan-civilians Only time will tell if all these sacrifices were worth while. Now, a few videos. https://youtube/watch?v=QXmxmK7snS4&list=FL80GHQaLnbZLZ2s2Ec-Rdjw&index=207 https://youtube/watch?v=wMGeXWdvZYU https://youtube/watch?v=AtDpbtnOQ_g
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:16:44 +0000
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