Embed: Cost of War in Afghanistan

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Add the following code wherever you want the counter to show up:

<div id="npp-widget-war-in-afghanistan" class="npp-widget"></div>

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A Note About Style

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<div id="npp-widget-war-in-afghanistan" class="npp-widget">
    <h3 class="npp-widget-title">
        Cost of War in Afghanistan
    </h3>
    <p class="npp-widget-summary">
        Every <span> hr(s)</span>,
        taxpayers in <span></span>
        are paying <span>$###</span>
        for <span>Cost of War in Afghanistan</span>.
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    <p id="npp-widget-war-in-afghanistan-total" class="npp-widget-total">
        $###,###,###
    </p>
    <p class="npp-widget-meta">
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    </p>
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About This Counter: Cost of War in Afghanistan

This counter displays the total cost, since 2001, of the war in Afghanistan. This includes all of the funding that has been appropriated by Congress for the war through the end of fiscal 2014 on Sept. 30, 2014. This number reflects the allocation in January 2014 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. 

For more detail, see Notes & Sources.

Note: This is the total cost of the war in nominal (non-inflation-adjusted) dollars.