2,996 Americans died from the 9/11 attacks, including from illnesses following.

4,096 Americans killed during the war in Afghanistan as of 2018.

As many as 534,000 Afghan people total killed from the war in Afghanistan.

Plus the millions maimed, injured and displaced, including many children!

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2,996 Americans died from the 9/11 attacks, including from illnesses following:

Casualties of the September 11 attacks

A total of 2,751 victims were confirmed to have died in the initial attacks.[10] In 2007, the New York City medical examiner’s office began to add people who died of illnesses caused by exposure to dust from the site to the official death toll. The first such victim was a woman, a civil rights lawyer, who had died from a chronic lung condition in February 2002.[11] In September 2009, the office added a man who died in October 2008,[12] and in 2011, a male accountant who had died in December 2010.[13] This raises the number of victims at the World Trade Center site to 2,753, and the overall 9/11 death toll to 2,996.[2]

4,096 Americans killed during the war in Afghanistan as of 2018:

United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan

As of July 27, 2018, there have been 2,372 U.S. military deaths and 4 Department of Defense civilian deaths in the War in Afghanistan. 1,856 of these deaths have been the result of hostile action. 320 American servicemembers have also been wounded in action during the war.[1] In addition, there were 1,720 U.S. civilian contractor fatalities, for a total of 4,096 Americans killed during the war.[2]

As many as 534,000 Afghan people total killed from the war:

Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

During the War in Afghanistan, over 47,245 civilians, 66,000 to 69,000 Afghan military and police and more than 51,000 Taliban fighters have been killed as of April 2021. Overall the war has killed 171,000 to 174,000 people in Afghanistan. However, the death toll is possibly higher due to unaccounted deaths by “disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other indirect consequences of the war.”[1] The Cost of War project estimated that the number who have died through indirect causes related to the war may be as high as 360,000 additional people based on a ratio of indirect to direct deaths in contemporary conflicts.[2]