It was the first time in the modern history when the soldiers of the Polish Army participated simultaneously in two military operations involving high risk combat zone tasks. In the case of “Operation Enduring Freedom” and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) as well as during “Freedom for Iraq” operation, the participation of Polish military contingents concentrated on stabilization tasks, heading for stabilization and training ones. Such a vast military involvement was connected not only with effort and organizational skills on the part of the military factor, but also with the political factor concerned with taking responsibility for the participation of the national component in military actions, as well as financial and social costs born as a result of this involvement. While making the decision to involve Polish Military Contingent in the “Operation Enduring Freedom” in 2002, the highest authorities in Poland did not take into consideration the fact that the situation in Afghanistan would turn into a long-lasting, heated military conflict. Initially, the presence of Polish soldiers in this country took into account Poland’s military and economic possibilities. The decision to expand the tasks fulfilled by Polish Military Contingent which was accepted in 2006 by the government of Law and Justice/Self-Defense/The League of Polish Families coalition equaled a serious burden for the country’s budget. The rise in the presence of Polish Military Contingent reached its peaks after the Civic Platform and The Polish Peasants’ Party had taken power. In 2008 the Polish Contingent, which was unprepared in terms of military equipment, took task responsibility for Ghazni province. Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan has had the total sum of fifteen replacements (the seventh one was the most numerous one – 2,6 thousand people), in which almost 25,5 thousand soldiers have participated (in Iraq – 16 thousand). 44 soldiers and one civilian (paramedic) have lost their lives, the number of the injured has amounted for 860, 363 from whom have been seriously injured. The number of the soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder remains to be unknown. Officially, Poland has spent 6 billion PLN, including: 2,2 billion for the current functioning of the Polish Military Contingent; 2,1 billion for the equipment and armament, 235 million on the air transport. In 2010-2011 the costs of the functioning of the Polish Military Contingent exceeded 2,5 billion PLN. The following question remains to be open: will such a gigantic military effort made by the forces of NATO and other countries as well as financial and social resources allotted in the almost fourteen-year war in Afghanistan contribute to making this country function in peace and social order?