Loading ...Were 20 years of blood and treasure wasted? As US, UK and NATO allies prepare to pull out troops and hand Afghanistan to the Taliban, how conflict cost $825billlion and 3,500 dead troops
NATO chiefs are meeting for two days of talks this week, with Afghan withdrawal at the top of the agenda
The US is currently committed to withdrawing all forces by May, with NATO expected to follow afterwards
Joe Biden may yet reverse the decision, but if he pushes ahead it will bring to an end two decades of war
Fighting has cost NATO at least $825billion, seen 3,500 troops killed, and achieved few of its stated aims