Thursday, 09 September 2010 16:41
A report from Congressional Research Service (CRS) claim that the monthly cost of fighting the war in Iraq declined this year, but not enough to offset increasing expenses in Afghanistan
Between 2009 and 2010, the average monthly cost of the Iraq war showed a 25% drop, but increased spending in Afghanistan ate up that savings with a 63% increase.
CRS estimates that the US has spent $1.1 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The annual cost per soldier in Afghanistan, where the military has built up additional infrastructure to accommodate the surge units, is expected to rise to $694,000.
The United States is the biggest contributor of troops in Afghanistan fighting an infamous war that is now on its ninth year.
Meanwhile, a top official in the Afghan Defence Ministry remarked that there are huge differences among Afghanistan and Iraq and as a result Afghan war costs more money.
"For the high costs, we can point out to two factors; firstly, Afghanistan's cost of logistics is high because it is not connected to international waters or ocean. Secondly, the concentration was suddenly focused on the Afghan army, national police and building up economic infrastructure," the spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, Gen. Zaher Azimi told TOLOnews.
Before, the top US commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus had said the US has provided funding for the 100,000 additional Afghan troops.
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