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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
03/11/10
NYTimes: Spy Chief in Pakistan to Stay On Another Year
Pakistan’s spy chief has been granted an unusual one-year extension in his job, a move that may also pave the way for a longer term for the head of the army, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who is scheduled to step down this year.
03/11/10
NYTimes: Afghanistan and Pakistan Pledge Cooperation
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan met with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Thursday in a show of public friendship, with both leaders stressing that stability for their countries hinged on mutual cooperation.
03/11/10
LATimes: In Kabul, hopelessness weighs on job hunters
The men come at dawn, a ragged, anxious collection of faces peeking through scarves and hoping for work as they stand in a traffic circle beneath billboards advertising war heroes and washing machines.
03/11/10
dailypost: North Wales soldier makes amazing recovery after Afghan blast
A SOLDIER given just 48 hours to live after his vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb has made a remarkable recovery. But Joe Penlington, 19, has now made the difficult decision to have his leg amputated after it became paralysed as a result of the attack. Joe also needs operations on his back, pelvis and coccyx.
03/10/10
DoD: Army Casualty Identified
Pvt. Nicholas S. Cook, 19, of Hungry Horse, Mont., died March 7 in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy.
03/10/10
Reuters: Bomber kills 5 inside Afghan military base - police
A suicide bomber killed five members of the Afghan security forces when he drove a truck carrying explosives hidden under firewood into an Afghan military base on Wednesday, police said.
03/10/10
AP: Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base
The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.
03/10/10
NATO: ANSF, ISAF Forces Capture Nad-e Ali Taliban Commander
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) with ISAF partners captured several men involved with planning suicide improvised explosive device attacks against the people of Helmand Province today. One of the men is a senior Taliban commander in Nad-e Ali district, known to have links with SIED networks and to have planned attacks against ANSF and ISAF forces.
03/10/10
NATO: Mine Blast Kills, Injures Children in Northern Afghanistan
Two afghan children were killed and two children were wounded when they were struck by a mine in Faryab Province of northern Afghanistan yesterday, according to initial reports.
03/10/10
NYTimes: Upset by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes
A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refused to submit to extra airport screening in Washington, and they are now being hailed as heroes on their return home.
03/10/10
AP: Some surge troops could leave Afghanistan early
U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
03/10/10
theaustralian: Dutch lose taste for fight in Afghanistan
THE Dutch army has been operating as part of NATO in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times. Twenty-one Dutch lives have been lost, out of about 1800 men and women.
03/10/10
AFP: Bomb kills 5 in Paktika
A car bomb killed five people in Afghanistan on Wednesday...The attack killed Afghan security personnel at a security post in Paktika, the eastern province which has become a flashpoint for a Taliban insurgency now in its ninth year and which borders militant strongholds in Pakistan.
03/10/10
NPR: Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban
Taliban rule was a dark period for women in Afghanistan, and they want to make sure their fears are not forgotten as the new government in Kabul tries to find ways to make peace with the Taliban.
03/09/10
MoD: Corporal Stephen Thompson killed in Afghanistan
Corporal Stephen Thompson from 1st Battalion The Rifles (1 RIFLES), serving as part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 March 2010. Corporal Thompson died as a result of an explosion in an area 3km south of Sangin district centre, Helmand province.
03/09/10
MoD: Lance Corporal Tom Keogh killed in Afghanistan
Lance Corporal Keogh was killed by a gunshot wound during a small arms engagement in Sangin, Helmand province. He was in Patrol Base Bariolai when he was killed.
03/09/10
ibtimes: Two NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
Two NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military base in Afghanistan, the alliance and local government sources said.
03/09/10
Xinhua: Roadside bomb kills 4 including 3 police in S. Afghanistan
Three police and one civilian were killed as a roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taliban militants in south Afghanistan on Tuesday.
03/09/10
Reuters: Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade
A soldier serving with the British Army in Afghanistan has told of the moment he threw back a Taliban hand grenade, telling himself: "I've really only got one chance to do this."
03/09/10
WaPo: Zabul province seeks U.S. troops, but is caught in Afghan numbers game
To work in Zabul province these days is to feel forsaken. The Americans pulled a battalion out in December. The Afghan government promises help but sends little. Meanwhile, Taliban fighters continue to pour in.
03/09/10
Reuters: Afghan war's "decisive phase" looms in Kandahar
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.
03/08/10
DoD: Army Casualty Identified
Spc. Alan N. Dikcis, 21, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., died March 5 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 630th Engineer Company (Clearance), 7th Engineer Battalion (Combat Effects), 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat) (Airborne), Fort Drum, N.Y.
03/08/10
pakistantimes: Blasts kill 12 in northwest Afghanistan
Two homemade bombs exploding in quick succession killed 12 people, including 10 civilians, in an increasingly volatile part of northwestern Afghanistan, police said on Monday.
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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
71
27
22
120
Total
1017
272
397
1686
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U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan
Country of Death
Fatalities
Afghanistan
896
Germany (from wounds in theatre)
12
Pakistan
15
USA (from wounds in theatre)
17
Uzbekistan
1
Total
941
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
67
111
60.36
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
56
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
120
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
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
71
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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
8
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
1017
Total
1686
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