Pakistani firefighters battle with a huge blaze after an explosion ripped through a line of trucks bringing fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan on Aug. 30. Shah Khalid / The Associated Press $400 Per Gallon Gas To Drive Debate Over Cost Of War In Afghanistan -- The Hill
The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan.
The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.
Pentagon officials have told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee a gallon of fuel costs the military about $400 by the time it arrives in the remote locations in Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate.
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