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Afghan
war has cost Britain 18 bn pounds
Thursday July 28, 2011 08:19:26 PM,
IANS
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London: The cost of
British military operations in Afghanistan was Thursday officially
estimated at over 18 billion pounds (around $29 billion), The
Guardian reported.
The figures released by the House of Commons defence committee
also show the cost of imposing a UN-backed no-fly zone in Libya as
well as the cost of bombing targets at 260 million pounds (around
$424 million).
The report, however, stated that these were just estimates.
"The total cost of operations in Afghanistan is not known," and
that it was "too early to forecast the cost of British operations
in Libya".
The committee said that this year itself military operations in
Afghanistan will cost more than four billion pounds.
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