Numbers show US has spent $6.4 trillion on war against terror since 9/11
A recent study has revealed US' expenditure on war against terror since 9/11. During this time US is believed to have spent over $6.4 trillion to fund the war against various terror outfits across the globe. These 18 years have also resulted in 800,000 deaths.
Estimate of global war on terror spending
The expenditure includes not just the money spent by Pentagon, but also the extensive internal measures taken by the Homeland Security Department, additional defence budget like supplemental spending bills, the new 'Overseas Contingency Operations', interest paid on borrowing for said spending, US State department expenses such as USAID and medical disability care post 9/11.
800,000 deaths
During this time 800,000 people have died in the war on terror across the globe. Most of these deaths have taken place in Iraq where the major wars were fought first against Al-Qaeda last decade and the ISIS in the 2010s. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria have also seen a lot of people die in this war.
Recently US special forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in Idlib province in Northern Syria.