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03/18/10 MoD: Lance Corporal Scott Hardy and Private James Grigg killed in Afghanistan

the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Scott Hardy and Private James Grigg, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 16 March 2010. They were killed, while serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, as a result of an explosion which occurred in an area approximately 20km north of Musa Qal'ah district centre, Helmand province.

03/18/10 AFP: NATO plans 'northern Afghanistan offensive'

The NATO military alliance is planning a large-scale offensive in northern Afghanistan this year against Taliban insurgents, a senior German general was quoted as saying on Thursday.

03/18/10 CNN: More than $1B in Afghanistan debt cancelled

Rich countries are canceling more than $1 billion in debt that Afghanistan owes them, the Paris Club of creditor nations announced Wednesday. The debt relief comes partly in response to Afghanistan's participating in program for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the Paris Club said in a statement...

03/18/10 WaPo: CIA director says secret attacks in Pakistan have hobbled al-Qaeda

Aggressive attacks against al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal region have driven Osama bin Laden and his top deputies deeper into hiding and disrupted their ability to plan sophisticated operations, CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

03/18/10 NYTimes: Drone Strike Said to Kill a Leader of Al Qaeda

A strike by an unmanned drone last week killed a senior commander of Al Qaeda who had played a significant role in planning the killing of Central Intelligence Agency operatives in late December at a base in Afghanistan, according to American officials.

03/18/10 abc.net: Aid agency pans NATO Afghanistan plan

An international aid agency is rejecting the NATO secretary-general's call for non-government organisations (NGOs) to work alongside military forces in Afghanistan.

03/18/10 CP: Taliban came close to retaking Kandahar

Governance in Kandahar was pushed to the brink by Taliban bombs and assassinations last spring, an onslaught that at one point saw provincial council members temporarily abandoning the region, newly released documents reveal.

03/18/10 AP: Taliban fighting for Afghan city

A month after losing control of its southern base in Marjah, the Taliban has begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.

03/17/10 WaPo: Soaring IED attacks in Afghanistan stymie U.S. counteroffensive

Taliban fighters more than doubled the number of homemade bombs they used against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan last year, relying on explosives that are often far more primitive than the ones used in Iraq.

03/17/10 AP: Afghan contractor shot Indiana Marine

The Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines...24-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield of Westville was shot Feb. 19 when a security contractor working for a local company opened fire on a squad of Marines who had stopped in a dry riverbed during a combat foot patrol.

03/17/10 NYTimes: Retaken Afghan Town Reports Taliban Threats

The Taliban have begun waging a campaign of intimidation in Marjathat some local Afghan leaders worry has jeopardized the success of an American-led offensive there meant as an early test of a revised military approach in Afghanistan.

03/17/10 MoD: Captain Martin Driver dies in Selly Oak from wounds sustained in Afghanistan

Captain Martin Driver from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died in Selly Oak Hospital on Monday 15 March 2010 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan. Captain Driver died at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital as a result of wounds sustained in an explosion which occurred in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province on the morning of 21 February 2010.

03/17/10 VOA: Dogs Combat Bomb Threats in Afghanistan

A major threat to NATO forces in Afghanistan comes from IEDs or improvised explosive devices. One way British forces are combating the threat is with dogs trained to detect explosives. It's a program cloaked in secrecy with officials refusing to give details on how the dogs are trained. Recently one top dog was awarded a top military prize for his valor.

03/17/10 AP: NATO to Run U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

A major reorganization of allied forces in Afghanistan will centralize both American and other foreign troops under the direct command of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. and NATO commander in the theater.

03/17/10 CNN: Attackers, dressed as women, killed by police

Two would-be suicide attackers, dressed as women, stormed a relief agency in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday and were killed by police before they could detonate their explosives.

03/17/10 CNN: Drone strikes kill 5 suspected militants in Pakistan

Back-to-back drone strikes in Pakistan's northwest tribal region on Wednesday morning killed five suspected militants, officials said. The first attack drones fired five missiles at two vehicles in Hamzoni, a village eight miles (15 km) west of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, a local government official and an intelligence official said. Three suspected militants were killed and three others were injured.

03/17/10 CNN: Militants kill 5 security personnel in Pakistan

Dozens of armed militants attacked a joint police and military checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest early Wednesday, killing five security personnel, police said. Three soldiers and two police officers were killed, and another security personnel member was injured, said Muhammad Karim Khan, a senior police official in Peshawar.

03/17/10 AAP: Diggers hit by Afghan bomb

FIVE Australian soldiers have been wounded, three of them seriously, after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The Department of Defence said all five were conscious and had been in contact with their families. Some were expected to return to Australia within days for rehabilitation.

03/17/10 AP: Police battle gunmen in southern Afghan town

Would-be suicide attackers hit at least two locations in a southern Afghanistan city and a gunbattle was ongoing Wednesday morning, an official said. The attacks in Lashkar Gah targeted a government office and a charity that help farmers, said Dawood Ahmadi, spokesman for the government in Helmand province.

03/17/10 NPR: Two Westerners Under Taliban Rule In Kandahar

U.S. military officials are preparing to attempt to take control of Kandahar away from the Taliban later this year. Two young Western residents of the city, Felix Kuehn and Alex Strick van Linschoten, describe what it's like to live and work under Taliban rule.

03/17/10 WaPo: U.S. fights trainer shortage, illiteracy in Afghanistan

Roughly 2,000 contractors are working to train the Afghan army, about the same as the number of military personnel doing the job, according to a senior U.S. military official, who cited a shortage of available service members.

03/17/10 AP: Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign

A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.

03/17/10 MoD: 2 soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment killed in Helmand

two soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Tuesday 16 March 2010. The soldiers were killed as a result of an explosion which occurred in an area approximately 20km north of Musa Qal'ah district centre, Helmand province, yesterday afternoon.

03/17/10 AFP: 35 killed in Afghanistan bus crash

At least 35 people were killed Wednesday in a fiery collision between a bus and a truck on a treacherous pass in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said.

03/17/10 AFP: Burqa suicide bombers killed in Afghan town

Two suicide attackers dressed in burqas were shot dead Wednesday as they attempted to enter the compound of a US-linked aid organisation in a southern Afghan town, officials said.

03/16/10 DoD: Army Casualty Identified

Sgt. 1st Class Glen J. Whetten, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., died March 12 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

03/16/10 Reuters: U.S. missile strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan

A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Tuesday, killing 10 militants, the latest such strike on a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, officials and residents said.

03/16/10 LATimes: Fixing what he can in Afghanistan

The bicycle man prefers working in the sun, sitting on a cushion nailed to a wooden block, stretching out his right leg, the one with a missing foot, taken years ago in that instant when a man's life veers another way.

03/16/10 LATimes: Karachi 'water mafia' leaves Pakistanis parched and broke

Corrupt politicians allow businessmen to siphon off as much as 41% of the city's water supply and turn around and sell it at exorbitant rates to residents, generating an estimated $43 million a year.

03/16/10 NYTimes: U.S. Is Reining In Special Forces in Afghanistan

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued civilian casualties and disorganization among units in the field.

03/16/10 DoD: Marine Casualty Identified

Cpl. Jonathan D. Porto, 26, of Largo, Fla., died March 14 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

03/16/10 MoD: Soldier dies of wounds at Selly Oak

...a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group, on Monday 15 March 2010 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan. The soldier died at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital yesterday evening as a result of wounds sustained in an explosion which occurred in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province on the morning of 21 February 2010.

03/16/10 Agencies: Rocket attack kills one person at NATO base in Afghanistan

A rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said, while Afghan authorities in the country’s east prevented three would-be suicide bombers from attacking a security post.

03/16/10 Quqnoos: Six Foreigners Die in Kandahar Blast

At least six foreigners were killed in an explosion in Kandahar province on Monday, a spokesman for the provincial government said. "The incident occurred in Shah Walikot district as a result six foreigners were killed," the spokesman added. He did not disclose the identity of the foreign nationals.

03/16/10 WaPo: Afghan women fear loss of hard-won progress

The head-to-toe burqas that made women a faceless symbol of the Taliban's violently repressive rule are no longer required here. But many Afghan women say they still feel voiceless eight years into a war-torn democracy, and they point to government plans to forge peace with the Taliban as a prime example.

03/15/10 thedailystar: Bombs kill 9 as Afghan cops foil suicide attack

Roadside bomb blasts killed nine people in Afghanistan yesterday as the government said local security forces shot dead five would-be suicide bombers, thwarting a major coordinated attack. Six people were killed in southern Kandahar province when their vehicle struck an improvised bomb, a device that Taliban-linked militants widely use in their attacks on military forces, authorities said.

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year

Year	US	UK	Other	Total
2001	12	0	0	12
2002	49	3	17	69
2003	48	0	9	57
2004	52	1	7	60
2005	99	1	31	131
2006	98	39	54	191
2007	117	42	73	232
2008	155	51	89	295
2009	316	108	96	520
2010	76	30	17	123
Total	1022	275	393	1690

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U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan

Country of Death	Fatalities
Afghanistan	901
Germany (from wounds in theatre)	12
Pakistan	15
USA (from wounds in theatre)	17
Uzbekistan	1
Total	946

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IED Fatalities

Period	IED	Total	Pct
2001	0	4	0.00
2002	4	25	16.00
2003	3	26	11.54
2004	12	27	44.44
2005	20	73	27.40
2006	41	130	31.54
2007	78	184	42.39
2008	152	263	57.79
2009	275	450	61.11
2010	68	114	59.65

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month

CoalitionU.S.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	12
2002	10	12	14	10	1	3	0	3	1	6	1	8	69
2003	4	7	12	2	2	7	2	4	2	6	8	1	57
2004	11	2	3	3	9	5	2	4	4	8	7	2	60
2005	2	3	6	19	4	29	2	33	12	10	7	4	131
2006	1	17	13	5	17	22	19	29	38	17	9	4	191
2007	2	18	10	20	25	24	29	34	24	15	22	9	232
2008	14	7	20	14	23	46	30	46	37	19	12	27	295
2009	25	25	28	14	27	38	76	77	70	74	32	34	520
2010	45	55	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	123

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Fatalities By Country

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Country	Total
Australia	11
Belgium	1
Canada	140
Czech	3
Denmark	31
Estonia	7
Finland	1
France	40
Germany	35
Hungary	2
Italy	22
Jordan	1
Latvia	3
Lithuania	1
NATO	3
Netherlands	21
Norway	5
Not yet reported	1
Poland	16
Portugal	2
Romania	12
South Korea	1
Spain	28
Sweden	4
Turkey	2
UK	275
US	1022
Total	1690

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Fatalities by Province

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