PROF. ALON BEN-MEIR: Nearly 2,400 American soldiers have been killed and
20,000 wounded; over 33,000 Afghani civilians have lost their lives. A
record number of civilians—1,662—were
killed in the first six months of 2017 alone, and over 3,581 civilians
were wounded. Overall, Afghani casualties are estimated at 225,000, with
2.6 million Afghani refugees and more than one million internally
displaced.
