US had spent US$1,070 billion on the war in Afghanistan. It placed the entire blame for failure on cross-border violence carried out by the Haqqani Network and the Taliban elements. In 2018, Trump flaunted $33 billion it gave Pakistan in aid over 15 years - $2.2 billion a year - but unlike friends and sympathizers - Britain, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Russia - the USA did not once acknowledge the burden and sacrifices that Pakistan had incurred in the war on terror.
The US, International Security Assistance Force (INSAF), a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, and the Afghan government meanwhile deployed forces of 100,00 troops; the US spent $1,070 billion ion the war and $100 billion to build the Afghan forces but failed to establish control overt he Afghan border region, and placed the entire blame for cross-border violence on Pakistan, the Haqqani Network and Taliban elements.
