{"id":6120,"date":"2021-11-07T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T03:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:28:33","slug":"sigar-70000-afghan-soldiers-have-been-killed-in-afghanistans-20-year-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/afghanistan\/sigar-70000-afghan-soldiers-have-been-killed-in-afghanistans-20-year-war\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGAR: 70,000 Afghan soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan&#8217;s 20-year war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ariana News Agency: The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released statistics showing that 60,000 to 70,000 Afghan soldiers have been killed in the two decades of the Afghan war.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The US Special Inspector General wrote in a tweet that in the two decades of the Afghan war, about 60,000 to 70,000 Afghan army and police soldiers have been killed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Afghan army and security forces collapsed after the Taliban took control of the country. The Afghan army numbered 300,000. The former military is currently unemployed and without a future for fear of Taliban retaliation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds of US and NATO troops have also been killed in Afghanistan&#8217;s two-decade war, in which the Taliban were ousted from power but eventually regained power.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, many believe that the United States and its allies lost the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana News Agency: The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released statistics showing that 60,000 to 70,000 Afghan soldiers have been killed in the two decades of the Afghan 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