US 'war on terror' has killed over half a million people: Study
Between 480,000-507,000 people were killed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq in the wake of 9/11 attacks, study says.
US 'war on terror' has killed over half a million people: Study
Between 480,000-507,000 people were killed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq in the wake of 9/11 attacks, study says.
The death toll includes civilians, armed fighters, local police and security forces, and US and allied troops [Andrew Burton/Reuters]
The report by the Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the death toll between 480,000 and 507,000.
But the paper acknowledged that the numbers of people killed is an "undercount" due to limitations in reporting and "great uncertainty in any count of killing in war".
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