Box score: Afghanistan

According to the United Nations , almost one - third more civilians died in Afghanistan during the first nine months of 2017 than during that same period in 2009 when the counting began. Compared to the same period in 2016, there was a 52 percent increase of civilian deaths from airstrikes in 2017, with women and children comprising 68 percent of these deaths. -2018

Defense secretary admits we're not winning in 16 year old Afghan war 2017

The endless war in Afghanstan 2017