"The Costs of War project has assessed that the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere have cost $8 trillion so far, which includes $2.2 trillion in funds for medical care and disability payments for veterans that have not yet been paid out, Savell said. The project calculates the human death toll to be āup to 929,000 people killed directly through the weapons of war,ā she added. This number does not include those killed indirectly, such as through environmental contamination, displacement and destruction of infrastructure, she said."
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Biden cites the Watson Instituteās Costs of War project findings, Anna Kim, Brown Daily Herald, September 27, 2021
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