evidence: Pentagon contractors operating in Afghanistan over the past two decades raked in nearly $108 billion--funds that "were distributed and spent with a significant lack of transparency," according to a report published Tuesday. [...] \u201cBreaking: Nearly one year after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, our latest report finds that $108 billion went to contractors working inside the country during the 20-year war. Over 1/3 of this total went to undisclosed recipients. [1/7] https://t.co/NT7hNTf3Fg\u201d— The Costs of War Project (@The Costs of War Project) 1660055042 [...] "One hundred billion is an enormous amount of money, but it's also just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the full costs of the post-9/11 wars," Savell noted. "Nearly a million people have lost their lives in these wars and U.S. taxpayers have paid over $2.3 trillion for the war in Afghanistan alone--and over $8 trillion total for the post-9/11 wars in other places as well."