kuchokera Watson Institute, December 2020
Asitikali aku United States mu 2017 adasankha kumasula malamulo ake omenyera nkhondo ku Afghanistan, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu wamba aziphedwa. Kuyambira chaka chomaliza cha olamulira a Obama mpaka chaka chomaliza chazomwe zalembedwa muulamuliro wa Trump, kuchuluka kwa anthu wamba omwe adaphedwa ndi ndege zoyendetsedwa ndi US ku Afghanistan kudakwera ndi 330 peresenti.
Lipotili likuwonetsa mtengo womwe anthu wamba aku Afghanistan adalipira chifukwa cha ziwawa zonse zomwe zipani zikuchita poyesa kupeza mphamvu pazokambirana pakati pa United States ndi a Taliban. Deta ikuwonetsa kuti, poyerekeza ndi zaka za 10 zapitazo, panali kuwonjezeka kwa 95 peresenti ya anthu wamba omwe anaphedwa ndi ndege za US ndi mabungwe ogwirizana pakati pa 2017 ndi 2019. anthu wamba ochuluka kuposa nthaŵi ina iliyonse m’mbiri yake. Mu 2018 mokha, anthu wamba 3,800 aku Afghanistan adaphedwa ndi ziwopsezo zandege.