Following the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, the country launched a series of military actions -- First in Afghanistan, then less than two years late the so-called shock and awe assault on Iraq. 

The conflicts spilled over into Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and other countries. 

CGTN’s Jim Spellman takes a look at the staggering toll of those wars.

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