Afghanistan Is Now The World's Deadliest Country For Terrorism


NBC News: Afghanistan becomes world's deadliest country for terrorism, overtaking Iraq

Worldwide deaths linked to terrorism fell for the third consecutive year, but Islamic State remained the group that killed the most people.

Afghanistan has overtaken Iraq to become the world’s deadliest country for terrorism, according to a report released Wednesday.

One-quarter of all worldwide terrorism-related deaths during 2017 occurred in Afghanistan, according to the latest Global Terrorism Index. It cited a surge in attacks by the Taliban and the Islamic State group.

America's longest war began after the 9/11 attacks when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and toppled the ruling Taliban, which was sheltering Al

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