The Price of Leaving Afghanistan

Damon Winter/The New York Times

In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan and embarked on what would become America’s longest military conflict. Since the inception of the Afghanistan war, America has spent $2.26 trillion on war efforts.

Twenty years and four presidents later, Joe Biden announced in April the withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan, marking an end to the 20 year war. The withdrawal of troops doesn’t…