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Cost of each US soldier in Afghanistan soars to 2.1 mln USD
Cost of each US soldier in Afghanistan soars to 2.1 mln USD
The cost of keeping each American soldier in Afghanistan is set to nearly double to 2.1 million, at the same time that crucial sectors of the US military are underfunded, according to a new analysis of the Pentagon’s budget.
US military planners are scrambling to explain why the cost has ballooned to $2.1 million, after holding steady at $1.3 million annually for the past five years.
Read more: http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/10/25/collateral-damage-cost-of-each-us-soldier-in-afghanistan-soars-to-2-1-mln-usd.html
