The United States on Monday announced the completion of the chaotic, bloody withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, ending 20 years of the U.S.-led invasion into the country.
"The cost was 2,461 U.S. service members and civilians killed and more than 20,000 who were injured," U.S. Central Command head General Frank McKenzie told reporters during a news conference held by the Department of Defense.
About 47,600 civilians have been killed and more than double that number injured in Afghanistan during the 20 years of war, according to figures by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
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