The Afghan War By The Numbers

Vocativ: The War In Afghanistan: By The Numbers

Nearly $1 trillion, 14 years and tens of thousands of deaths later, the Taliban still threatens the country

The Taliban’s latest land grab in Afghanistan this week may lead to more, not less U.S. involvement and spending.

The group seized the strategic city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Monday, and since then the Afghan security forces have struggled to take it back. The Taliban’s territorial advances of late have been so alarming that experts now believe the Taliban could have control of 50 percent of the country. This is deflating news for the United States, which has spent billions of dollars and lost thousands of lives in its longest war, just as President Barack Obama and NATO planned to withdraw more troops.

Here are some of the most shocking numbers behind the war in Afghanistan:

WNU Editor: A sobering list of numbers .... and the war continues.