There is no easy way to put war in perspective, and there are many different ways to measures trends and intensity. As long as one only uses one source, there seem to be useful data on the levels of combat and terrorist activity in Afghanistan, and valid comparisons with the similar combat and terrorist activity in Iraq and Pakistan. The moment one states comparing official NCTC, DoD, ISAF, and UN estimates, however, is becomes obvious that no clearly reliable data exist.
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