War in Pakistan, Afghanistan has killed over 149,000 report.

[CENTCOM]

Home | Costs of War

Terrorists have wreaked havoc on the region. Most people killed in the region since 2001, as per Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies research, were at the hands of the Taliban and other terrorist groups. We condemn these barbaric killings but we also understand that we have to stand together to completely defeat the ideology of terrorism. We commend the on-going action against the terrorists that is bringing positive results. We need to continue with our efforts to bring about sustained peace the people of the region so deserve. We have no doubts that all parities working together can achieve the ultimate goals of peace and prosperity in the region.

Abdul Quddus
DET - U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu

 

[TheFlyingPretzel]

Home | Costs of War

Terrorists have wreaked havoc on the region. Most people killed in the region since 2001, as per Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies research, were at the hands of the Taliban and other terrorist groups. We condemn these barbaric killings but we also understand that we have to stand together to completely defeat the ideology of terrorism. We commend the on-going action against the terrorists that is bringing positive results. We need to continue with our efforts to bring about sustained peace the people of the region so deserve. We have no doubts that all parities working together can achieve the ultimate goals of peace and prosperity in the region.

Abdul Quddus
DET - U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu

We commend the on-going action against the terrorists that is bringing positive results. We need to continue with our efforts to bring about sustained peace the people of the region so deserve.​

Pakistan: Cleaning up after America.

It's a good thing this region has Pakistan to contain and take out the trash for America - not for the Americans though, but for ourselves and for regional prosperity. Can't say the same for Iraq and Syria. America's done a great job removing governments and destabilizing the middle-east by fueling religious and sectarian divides in the name of freedom and democracy.

I'm banking on Israel making sure the fire that America's lit, burns for a thousand years.

 

[[Bregs]]

We commend the on-going action against the terrorists that is bringing positive results. We need to continue with our efforts to bring about sustained peace the people of the region so deserve.​

Pakistan: Cleaning up after America.

It's a good thing this region has Pakistan to contain and take out the trash for America. Not for the Americans though, but for ourselves and for regional prosperity. Can't say the same for Iraq an Syria though. America's done a great job removing governments and destabilizing the region by fueling religious and sectarian divides in the name of freedom and democracy.

I'm banking on Israel making sure the fire that America's lit, burns for a thousand years.

lol well said, US has made many areas unlivable and prone to unrest because of its selfish and foolish policies

 

[Dubious]

149,000 people have died in war in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001, report says

By Adam TaylorJune 3 at 5:00 AM

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan early May 27, 2015. Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were battling Afghan security forces an hour after the assault began. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail


War has directly resulted in the deaths of 149,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan between 2001 and 2014, according to estimates in a new report released by Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute. That figure includes U.S. military members, contractors, and opposition fighters – as well as at least 26,270 civilians in Afghanistan, and 21,500 in Pakistan.

These figures illustrate not only the drastic human cost of the U.S.-led 'War on Terror' that in Afghanistan since 2001 – but also that the war is not over.

"While the US formally ended combat operations in Afghanistan in December 2014, U.S. uniformed troops remain advising the Afghan security forces and engaging in combat," the study's author, Boston University professor Neta Crawford notes. "The war has not diminished in intensity. Rather, in several ways, most notably, in the numbers of civilians and Afghan military and police killed, the war has escalated."

Figures included in the report show that civilian deaths in Afghanistan appear to have grown over the past few years.

(Costs of War)

While the study finds that the vast and growing majority of these civilians appear to have been killed by anti-government forces, Crawford observes that a downwards trend in the number of civilians killed by pro-government forces appears to be reversing.

(Costs of War)

Crawford notes that civilian deaths are often harder to record that military deaths, and that there are other ways that war has damaged the fabric of Afghan life, most notably by causing injuries or displacing people from their homes.

The report also emphasizes that the conflict in Pakistan is heavily affected and has resulted in a high number of casualties as well, with a total of 57,000 killed versus 92,000 in Afghanistan. Many of these were non-combatants, the study finds. “Civilians in Pakistan’s northwest and throughout the country commonly fall victim to violence by all parties of the fighting,” notes Crawford.

Importantly, U.S. drone strikes are responsible for an unknown amount of that, with estimates of numbers killed ranging between 1,900 and 3,800, with between 5 to 73 percent of those deaths being civilians.

Cost of War's latest report was released on the same day that gunmen killed nine in an attack on aid workers in Balkh, Northern Afghanistan. According to the study, 298 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2015. You can see the latest numbers Cost of War here.

149,000 people have died in war in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001, report says - The Washington Post

 

[@nline]

But still hearing from USA about "DO MORE"

 

[pakdefender]

Gun totting Americans are also busy killing each other

Gun violence in America in 2014 took the lives of over 12,000 people , on average 10,000 people get killed in America due to gun related violence every year, so over 14 years that makes roughly 140,000 , not that far behind eh ?

 

[Salik]

Same kind of situation may prevail in SE Asia in shape of Pak-Bharat tension and conflict. We have to be very cautious about it because it is very easy to ignite a fire if not through sectarianism then through nationalism. We have to value human life first.