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Book SynopsisAfghanistan has been a significant U.S. foreign policy concern since 2001, when the United States, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led a military campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban government that harboured and supported it. In the intervening 18 years, the United States has suffered approximately 2,400 military fatalities in Afghanistan, with the cost of military operations reaching nearly $750 billion. Congress has appropriated approximately $133 billion for reconstruction. In that time, an elected Afghan government has replaced the Taliban, and most measures of human development have improved, although Afghanistan's future prospects remain mixed in light of the country's ongoing violent conflict and political contention.
Table of ContentsPreface; Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy; Afghanistan: Issues for Congress and Legislation 2017-2020; Legislature and Legislative Elections in Afghanistan: An Analysis; Examining the Trump Administrations Afghanistan Strategy; Examining the Trump Administrations Afghanistan Strategy, Part 2; International Criminal Court: U.S. Sanctions in Response to Investigation of War Crimes in Afghanistan; Index.
