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02/23/2010
Note: Our count of U.S. Fatalities in
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
has passed 1000, however, U.S. fatalities
In and Around Afghanistan
remain under this benchmark.
News
03/15/10
NYTimes: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
03/15/10
Time: A Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Afghan Dilemma
Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul and Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef were both held by the U.S. at Guantanamo. Both were senior Taliban commanders, and both say they were subjected to solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, countless interrogations and beatings. But when they were released back home in their native Afghanistan, the two men's paths diverged radically.
03/15/10
Reuters: U.S. official reportedly set up unit to kill Afghan militants
A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citing military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
03/15/10
Quqnoos: Senior Pakistani Taliban Leader Detained
Pakistani forces have arrested a top Pakistani Taliban leader, Qari Shabbir, in Faisalabad on Sunday. Qari Shabbir is said to be a close associate of recently killed extremist Dr Moaz Elias Umar Kundi.
03/15/10
liverpoolecho: Hero Marine who lost his legs in Afghanistan will ski for Britain
MERSEYSIDE marine Pete Dunning was maimed in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan; now he's a top level skier who carried the torch in the Winter Paralympics. Ali Kefford reports
03/15/10
AP: Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan
An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be suicide bombers from attacking a security post.
03/15/10
Reuters: Afghan forces foil commando-style raid - ministry
Afghanistan's security forces killed five suicide bombers who planned to carry out a commando-style raid on government buildings on Monday in southeastern Paktika province, the Interior Ministry said.
03/14/10
WaPo: Marines going rogue or leading the fight?
Home to a dozen truck stops and a few hundred family farms bounded by miles of foreboding desert, this hamlet in southwestern Afghanistan is far from a strategic priority for senior officers at the international military headquarters in Kabul.
03/14/10
NATO: Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Lashkar Gar
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) partners conducted an operation east of Gavragay, Lashkar Gar district, Helmand Province, Friday afternoon. Muhammad Yah, a senior Taliban commander in the Lashkar Gar area, was killed during this operati
03/14/10
Reuters: Six militantsvkilled in Asmar district of eastern Kunar province
Afghan and foreign forces killed six militants, all apparently foreign fighters, during an operation while pursuing an al Qaeda commander in Asmar district of eastern Kunar province on Saturday
03/14/10
Reuters: Roadside bomb kills Pakistani construction worker, wounded six others in Kandahar
A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani construction worker and wounded six of his compatriots when the device hit their vehicle in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, a provincial police officer said.
03/14/10
Reuters: 12 civilians, including women and children, killed in operations by foreign troops in Kandahar
Twelve civilians, including women and children, were killed in two separate operations by foreign troops in Kandahar and Kunar provinces, the presidential palace said in a statement.
03/14/10
AP: Afghan governor wants more troops after 12 explosions
The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security on Sunday after 12 coordinated explosions in Afghanistan's largest southern city killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.
03/14/10
AP: Afghan governor wants more troops after 12 explosions
The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security on Sunday after 12 coordinated explosions in Afghanistan's largest southern city killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.
03/14/10
AFP: Five Afghan suicide attacks kill 35
A sophisticated Taliban assault on the key southern Afghan city of Kandahar has killed 35 people in a claimed revenge attack by militants, officials say. A series of massive explosions rocked Kandahar late on Saturday in what appears to be one of the biggest coordinated assaults by the militants since their insurgency began more than eight years ago.
03/13/10
AFP: Refugees from Afghan assault fall between cracks
Beyond the runway at Lashkar Gar's new airstrip, Mohammad Khan stands in a mud-brick courtyard holding up his blackened hands to prove he is a motorbike mechanic.
03/13/10
AP: Suicide bombers in Kandahar kill at least 30
A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.
03/13/10
NYTimes: White House Weighs Talks With Taliban After Afghan Successes
With American troops pouring into insurgent strongholds in Afghanistan and the United States succeeding in killing insurgent leaders with drone attacks in Pakistan, the Obama administration is beginning to consider whether it has gained the upper hand sufficiently to justify an effort to begin talks with the Taliban.
03/13/10
NYTimes: Pakistan Army Digs In on Turf of the Taliban
From a forward base in the bare brown foothills of the soaring mountains of South Waziristan, Pakistani soldiers fired artillery at insurgents sheltering in scrub across the valley. Smoke blotted the sky as the soldiers set ablaze houses once used by the Taliban to hide caches of heavy weapons.
03/13/10
WaPo: Unemployment rate for young veterans hits 21.1 percent
The unemployment rate last year for young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle that combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war.
03/13/10
Indo-AsianNews: Roadside bomb kills six civilians in Afghanistan
Six civilians were killed and one injured as a roadside bomb went off in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province on Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry said.
03/13/10
Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Swat
A Taliban suicide bomber targeting security forces killed at least 11 people on Saturday, Pakistani police said, part of a renewed push against the state after one of the biggest security crackdowns in years.
03/12/10
AP: Afghan Insurgents Kill 3 Police In Attack On Post
Insurgents attacked a police post in eastern Afghanistan with guns and then detonated a roadside bomb as reinforcements sped to the scene, killing three members of an elite strike force, police said Friday. Among the dead was the commander of the new police rapid-reaction force created in Paktia province to respond to Taliban threats, provincial police Chief Azizudin Wardak said.
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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
95
519
2010
74
27
18
119
Total
1020
272
393
1685
Filter Deaths By Year
U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan
Country of Death
Fatalities
Afghanistan
899
Germany (from wounds in theatre)
12
Pakistan
15
USA (from wounds in theatre)
17
Uzbekistan
1
Total
944
View Details: U.S. Fatalities In and Around Afghanistan
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
449
61.25
2010
64
110
58.18
Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month
Coalition
U.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
24
28
14
27
38
76
77
70
74
32
34
519
2010
45
55
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
119
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
11
9
5
1
3
0
1
1
6
1
1
49
2003
4
7
12
2
1
3
2
4
2
4
6
1
48
2004
9
2
3
3
8
5
2
3
4
5
7
1
52
2005
2
1
6
18
4
27
2
15
11
7
3
3
99
2006
1
17
7
1
11
18
9
10
6
10
7
1
98
2007
0
14
5
8
11
12
14
18
8
10
11
6
117
2008
7
1
8
5
17
28
20
22
27
16
1
3
155
2009
15
15
13
6
12
25
45
51
40
59
18
17
316
2010
30
32
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
74
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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
34
Hungary
2
Italy
22
Jordan
1
Latvia
3
Lithuania
1
NATO
4
Netherlands
21
Norway
5
Not yet reported
1
Poland
16
Portugal
2
Romania
12
South Korea
1
Spain
28
Sweden
4
Turkey
2
UK
272
US
1020
Total
1685
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