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Exhibit 261

Human (Costs of War research page)

Exhibit 261 ยท Project web page

Human (Costs of War research page)

An estimated over 940,000 people were killed by direct post-9/11 war violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan between 2001-2023.

Headline human totals. The civilians page (/costs/human/civilians-killed-displaced, updated August 2026) separately says at least 408,749 civilians died as a direct result and 'Precise mortality figures remain unknown.'

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Costs of War Project, Watson Institute, Brown University
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