It was counted people, not "countless". In fact it was one of the most bodycounted (major) wars in the entire human history. Along with Iraq after 2003 (even if world media almost entirely lost interest between 2011 and 2014, due to lack of American involvement and only Arabs killing Arabs, so no one cared abroad), and also and especially the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia but these counts took place only after the wars did end (and due to being located in modern Europe, and not in Russia too).
Later even every enemy fresh KIA would be not just photographed but actually biometric scanned (fingerprints, then eyes) if possible. Something that never happened before anywhere in the world.
It was also one of the most reported-on wars in the history. That is, until the Americans left in 2017, too (in the American media, where the 5 biggest networks combined spent less than 2 hours of total news about Afghanistan 2017-2021). The crazy amount of (developed) countries involved in the coalition also ensured an unprecedented level of reporting worldwide.
As for "literally invaded", we (as in we in Poland, also America and elsewhere) have been "literally" invited by the internationally recognised government to fight the rebels (controlling 85% of the country and sheltering AQ, which is why we went there). Unlike for example the Soviet intervention that began with killing everyone in the presidential palace (including many civilians among them party guests and a Soviet doctor) and storming other central government buildings while wearing Afghan uniforms with white armbands. Which is how a "literal invasion" of Afghanistan looks like, not some UN session.
That government didn't give an infinitesimal fragment of a damn, to actually bother keeping their country. So I really find it hard to care.
It was counted people, not "countless". In fact it was one of the most bodycounted (major) wars in the entire human history. Along with Iraq after 2003 (even if world media almost entirely lost interest between 2011 and 2014, due to lack of American involvement and only Arabs killing Arabs, so no one cared abroad), and also and especially the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia but these counts took place only after the wars did end (and due to being located in modern Europe, and not in Russia too).
Later even every enemy fresh KIA would be not just photographed but actually biometric scanned (fingerprints, then eyes) if possible. Something that never happened before anywhere in the world.
It was also one of the most reported-on wars in the history. That is, until the Americans left in 2017, too (in the American media, where the 5 biggest networks combined spent less than 2 hours of total news about Afghanistan 2017-2021). The crazy amount of (developed) countries involved in the coalition also ensured an unprecedented level of reporting worldwide.
As for "literally invaded", we (as in we in Poland, also America and elsewhere) have been "literally" invited by the internationally recognised government to fight the rebels (controlling 85% of the country and sheltering AQ, which is why we went there). Unlike for example the Soviet intervention that began with killing everyone in the presidential palace (including many civilians among them party guests and a Soviet doctor) and storming other central government buildings while wearing Afghan uniforms with white armbands. Which is how a "literal invasion" of Afghanistan looks like, not some UN session.
Are you an Islamist, a communist, or both?