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03/21/10
Newsweek: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Six billion dollars later, the Afghan National Police can't begin to do their jobs right—never mind relieve American forces.
03/21/10
AFP: Air strikes kill 15 Taliban in Pakistan
Air strikes killed 15 Taliban in restive Pakistani northwestern tribal areas on Sunday, where militants beheaded three tribesmen accusing them of spying for the United States.
03/21/10
WaPo: Afghan VP voices hope for peace as bombs kill 12
Afghanistan's hard-line vice president expressed hope Sunday that an upcoming national conference will lay the foundation for peace with insurgents as a dozen civilians died in separate bombings in front-line provinces
03/21/10
AFP: Taliban behead 3 'US spies' in Pakistan
Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal area Sunday beheaded three men they accused of spying for US forces stationed across the border in Afghanistan, police said.
03/21/10
Reuters: Afghan bomb attacks kill 12 civilans
A suicide bomber has killed 10 civilians after detonating his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the country's east killed two others, officials said. In the first incident, a suicide bomber driving a three-wheeled rickshaw detonated his explosives near a picnic for the Afghan New Year in Gereshk district of Helmand province, the provincial governor's spokesman said.
03/20/10
NYTimes: U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town
The effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf in Marja has put American and NATO commanders in the unusual position of arguing against opium eradication, pitting them against some Afghan officials who are pushing to destroy the harvest.
03/20/10
seattletimes: Lewis-McChord Ranger killed in Afghanistan
Sgt. Joel D. Clarkson, a 23-year-old Alaska native, died Wednesday. The Pentagon has not officially made the announcement, but Clarkson's mother, Karen Williams-Clarkson, alerted friends to her son's death in a posting on a Facebook page set up after Clarkson was shot during a patrol in southern Afghanistan.
03/20/10
NYTimes: Taliban Arrests Have Halted Early Talks, Former Envoy Says
The former top United Nations official in Afghanistan said that recent arrests of high-ranking Taliban figures by Pakistan had severed important secret communications between the Taliban and the West meant to foster peace negotiations.
03/20/10
NYTimes: U.S. Frees Detainees, but Afghans’ Anger Persists
The tribal elders had traveled many hours to reach a windswept Afghan military base on the capital’s outskirts to sign their names to a piece of paper allowing them to bring their countrymen home from American detention.
03/20/10
Xinhua: Roadside bomb kills Afghan soldier
An Afghan soldier was killed as a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle in Paktia province on Friday, a press release of Defense Ministry issued here Saturday said.
03/20/10
sbs: Injured digger in Afghanistan fought on
An injured Australian soldier continued fighting in southern Afghanistan for two days before he sought help, because he didn't want to let his mates down. The latest casualty occurred on Tuesday from an improvised explosive device detonated by suspected Taliban insurgents.
03/20/10
radioaustralianews: Sixth Australian soldier found to have been wounded in Afghan blast
The Australian defence department has revealed that a sixth Australian soldier was wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan this week. The defence department says the six Australians were travelling in a Bushmaster vehicle in the Chora Valley when it was hit by an improvised explosive device on Tuesday.
03/20/10
AP: Pakistan official - 3 Taliban militants arrested
Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counterterrorism official said.
03/19/10
NYTimes: As U.S. Frees Detainees, Afghans Ask Why They Were Held
The tribal elders had traveled many hours to reach a windswept Afghan military base on the capital’s outskirts to sign their names to a piece of paper allowing them to bring their countrymen home from American detention.
03/19/10
dailypress: Hampton Roads Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan
A Virginia Beach Navy SEAL was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday during a battle with heavily armed militants, the Navy confirmed Friday afternoon. The Navy said that Chief Special Warfare Operator Adam Lee Brown, who lived with his wife and two children in Virginia Beach, died from his injuries Thursday. Originally from Hot Springs, Ark., the 36-year-old enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998 and joined the Navy SEALs in 2001.
03/19/10
AFP: Taliban talks halted by Pakistan arrests
Former UN special representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, accused Pakistan on Friday of arresting key Taliban leaders in a deliberate move to stop secret peace talks, in a BBC interview. Eide, who stepped down from the post earlier this month, confirmed for the first time that he held talks with senior Taliban figures but said that these had ended when Pakistan made a series of high-profile arrests.
03/19/10
WaPo: As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan
For most of the past eight years, this northern province has been relatively peaceful, far removed from the insurgency in the Taliban heartlands of Kandahar and Helmand in the south.
03/19/10
Reuters: Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
03/19/10
USAToday: IED attacks in Afghanistan more lethal
Attacks on U.S. and allied forces with makeshift bombs in Afghanistan are 50% more lethal than three years ago, reflecting insurgents' use of more powerful explosives and the increased vulnerability of troops who patrol more on foot than in the past.
03/19/10
USAToday: Afghan spring no ally for U.S.
The leaves have returned to the trees along the banks of the Arghandab River, and row after row of grape vines and pomegranate trees have received their first irrigation floods of the year.
03/19/10
PlainDealer: Richfield mourns death of 28-year-old native Marine ambushed in Afghanistan
Residents, friends and family are mourning the death of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Gilbert II, who died Tuesday evening after being shot about a week earlier in Afghanistan. Gilbert died on his 28th birthday in a hospital in Bethesda, Md., with his family at his bedside. He is a 2000 graduate of Revere High School, and has been a Marine the past 10 years.
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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
96
520
2010
79
30
17
126
Total
1025
275
393
1693
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U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan
Country of Death
Fatalities
Afghanistan
904
Germany (from wounds in theatre)
12
Pakistan
15
USA (from wounds in theatre)
17
Uzbekistan
1
Total
949
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
450
61.11
2010
68
117
58.12
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
25
28
14
27
38
76
77
70
74
32
34
520
2010
45
55
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
126
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
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
79
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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
1025
Total
1693
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