Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the countries in which the US is currently fighting terrorism. Brown University's Costs of War Project report shows just how deadly the war in Afghanistan has been. The number of people killed by the United States' post-9/11 wars in these three countries is counted. There were deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan between October 2001 and October 2018, as well as in Iraq between March 2003 and September 2021. 20 years after the US invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban regained full control of the country as the US completed a chaotic withdrawal. A suicide bomber killed 200 people in the Afghan capital during the weeks around the pullout, and a US drone strike killed 10 people in the final days of the war. The US invaded Iraq in March 2003 and overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime because they thought he had nuclear weapons. The rise of the Islamic State was made possible by the US pulling out in 2011. Pakistan is not as well known as it could be. Since 9/11, the US has conducted hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan and used the country as a military staging area, but it has also been accused of harbouring terrorists. According to the Costs of War report, there are limits on the number of deaths in conflict zones. "For example, tens of thousands of civilians may have died in retaking Mosul but their bodies have not been recovered," the report stated. The death toll is only direct deaths, not indirect deaths, such as the loss of access to food, water, health facilities, electricity or other infrastructure. They found what they were looking for. Continue to read.