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War in Afghanistan

The war in Afghanistan, including the surge and drawdown of US troops

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Jan 22, 2026
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how many bombs have trumps dropped

Counting how many "" has ordered depends entirely on definition and dataset: watchdog tallies of /“bombings” in 2025 put the figure in the low hundreds to six hundreds (/), while historical analyses o...

Feb 7, 2026

How have civilian casualty trends in Afghanistan changed over time and after major events like the 2021 US withdrawal?

rose and fell in patterns tied to shifts in tactics and foreign involvement: surged in the late 2010s, and ground fighting drove sharp increases in 2020–2021, and a dramatic spike in documented civili...