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MEDITERRANEAN SEA - FEB. 26, 2017: Various of USS George HW Bush aircraft carrierPHILADELPHIA, USA - NOV. 08, 2016: Former U.S. President Barack Obama addressingNEW YORK, USA - SEPT. 12, 2017: Various of anniversary commemorations of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacksKABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JAN. 21, 2018: Smoke rising from building following Taliban attack / firefighter vehicles arriving at sceneKABUL, AFGH. - OCT. 18, 2019: Various of people receiving treatment at hospital following Taliban attackKABUL, AFGH. - JUNE 02, 2017: Various of fire being opened on protestorsKABUL, AFGH. - MAY 08, 2019: Smoke rising in street / fire on groundKABUL, AFGH. - SEPT. 28, 2019: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressing during 2019 presidential electionKABUL, AFGH. - SEPT. 09, 2020: Smoke rising / people running following Taliban attackKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 04, 2021: Damaged building / vehicles following Taliban attackKABUL, AFGH. - JUNE 24: Various of local armed Afghan militias marching in the streets / chanting slogansKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 23: People at Kabul AirportKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 18: Various of people at airport to leave country / fire being opened into air / woman lying on groundKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 23: US plane taking offKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 29: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addressingKABUL, AFGH. - AUG. 31: Various of Taliban fighters in streets celebrating victory following take over of AfghanistanAs the US withdrew the last of its troops in Afghanistan, the war it launched after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and led to severe displacement along with a heavy financial burden over two decades. According to a project by Brown University in the US titled Costs of War, many Afghan civilians lost their lives during the conflict. About 241,000 people, including over 71,000 civilians, became direct casualties of the war in Afghanistan and cross-border operations in Pakistan since 2001.