Link: http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/23/predicted-cost-of-afghan-escalation-a-matter-of-contention/

White House Estimates $1 Million Per Year Per Soldier. The financial cost of war is often little more than an afterthought, but President Obama’s decision to take several months to announce his decision on the Afghanistan escalation has allowed people to ask, what will this cost? The answer seems to be: depends who you ask. The Pentagon is estimating around $500,000 per soldier, per year. The White House estimates that it’ll actually cost about twice that much. RedBedHead: USA Sets Up Death Squads In Afghanistan: Instead they are euphemistically labelled "anti-Taliban militias". And the USA is pouring millions into the secretive program - the details of which they aren't even revealing to their allies. But we've seen this counter-insurgency strategy many times before.