The U.S. Public Will No Longer Have A Key Data Point About Afghanistan War
A watchdog report says the U.S. military is no longer collecting — and therefore no longer releasing — one of the most concrete measures of the war's progress.
by Merrit Kennedy
May 01, 2019
2 minutes
The U.S. has lost more than 2,200 lives and spent more than $840 billion on Afghanistan, its longest-ever war.
But the U.S. public is steadily provided with less and less key information about how the war is going. Now, another crucial measure of the war's progress is no longer public.
For years, the U.S. military has released basic information about how much of Afghanistan is under Afghan government control and
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