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The CIA noted that this was the equivalent of US$50 billion [268] ($115 billion in 2019 USD). [269] The report credited the relatively low cost to the small size of the Soviet deployment and the fact that the supply lines to Afghanistan were very short (in some cases, easier and cheaper than internal USSR lines).
According to historical sources, the Almoravid army rode on camels and numbered 30,000, though this number may be an exaggeration. [51] Strengthened with the spoils of their victory, they left a garrison of Lamtuna tribesmen in the city and then turned south to capture Awdaghust, which they accomplished that same year.
The consistent and repeated findings were that Black Americans received less healthcare than white Americans—particularly when the care involved expensive new technology. [277] One recent study has found that when minority and white patients use the same hospital, they are given the same standard of care.