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11/08/09
AP: Afghan president - No corrupt officials in new govt
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government.
11/08/09
AFP: NATO, Afghan probe deadly strike
Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike, one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents of an eight-year war.
11/08/09
MoD: Soldier from 2 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan
a soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in Afghanistan, yesterday, Saturday 7 November 2009...The soldier, serving with 4th Battalion, The Rifles, was killed as a result of an explosion that happened near Sangin, in central Helmand Province, during the afternoon
11/08/09
telegraph: Fusilier James salutes comrades and tells of his own ordeal
Plastered with bandages, a patch over his eye and medical equipment on his lap, Fusilier James sat in a wheelchair outside Coventry Cathedral earlier this year, ignoring his own horrific injuries, to salute a friend killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
11/07/09
WSJ: Powerful Afghan Governor Challenges President
An escalating quarrel between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a powerful governor is stoking fears of bloodshed in one of the country's more peaceful and prosperous provinces.
11/07/09
CTV: NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police
Afghanistan's Defence Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
11/07/09
Reuters: 7 Afghans killed in search for missing troops
NATO forces have mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan.
11/06/09
AP: Canada plans Afghan withdrawal
Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. Maj. Cindy Tessier said Friday that the chief of Defense staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, has ordered preparations to get under way that would see Canada's 2,800 troops removed from southern Afghanistan in the summer of 2011.
11/06/09
NYTimes: Prospect of More U.S. Troops Worries Afghan Public
As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voicing serious doubts.
11/06/09
irishtimes: Germany admits errors in air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan
German troops made mistakes but acted appropriately when they ordered an air strike on two fuel trucks in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians, defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said yesterday.
11/06/09
DoD: Army Casualty Identified
Spc. Julian L. Berisford, 25, of Benwood, W.V., died Nov. 4 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
11/06/09
Reuters: At least 25 hurt in U.S. troop search in Afghanistan
More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.
11/06/09
AP: Shooting suspect was bound for Afghanistan
An Army spokeswoman says the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings had been scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan to counsel soldiers suffering from combat stress.
11/06/09
MoD: Serjeant Phillip Scott killed in Afghanistan
Serjeant Phillip Scott of 3rd Battalion The Rifles was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Thursday 5 November 2009. Serjeant* Phillip Scott died following an improvised explosive device explosion in northern Helmand province.
11/06/09
Reuters: Two U.S. soldiers missing, Afghan Taliban say have bodies
Two U.S. soldiers transporting supplies in Afghanistan were reported missing on Friday and the Taliban said they were holding the bodies of two drowned foreign soldiers.
11/06/09
AFP: NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan 'drowned'
Two NATO soldiers who went missing in western Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, in what appeared to be an accident.
11/06/09
LATimes: Western forces searching for 2 missing NATO troops in Afghanistan
International and Afghan forces were searching today for two members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization force who went missing during a resupply mission in western Afghanistan, military officials said.
11/06/09
AFP: Taliban turns screws on UN in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Friday levelled a stinging attack on the United Nations, ratcheting up pressure on the world body as it relocates 600 foreign staff in Afghanistan and reassesses its position in the country.
11/06/09
NATO: 2 U.S. soldiers die in Afghanistan
Two International Security Assistance Force service members were killed and another service member died of wounds in two separate IED strikes in southern Afghanistan yesterday. It is ISAF policy to defer identification procedures of casualties to the relevant national authorities. The two service members killed were from the United States.
11/06/09
Reuters: 2 NATO service members missing in Afghanistan
Two members of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were reported missing on Friday, the force said in a statement. The two went missing during a routine resupply mission in the west of the country on Wednesday.
11/06/09
MCT: Afghan insurgents make wreckage of U.S. armored vehicles
Taliban -led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials.
11/06/09
BBC: Afghanistan's investment choices
Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, so persuading people to invest in the country has to be among the priorities facing President Hamid Karzai.
11/05/09
tdn: Castle Rock Marine injured in Afghanistan improving, mother says
Sgt. Jason Swofford, the Castle Rock Marine and young father injured in Afghanistan last week, is badly hurt but is “very strong” and expected to pull through, his mother said Thursday.
11/05/09
NYTimes: Reviews Raise Doubt on Training of Afghan Forces
A series of internal government reviews have presented the Obama administration with a dire portrait of Afghanistan’s military and police force, bringing into serious question an ambitious goal at the heart of the evolving American war strategy — to speed up their training and send many more Afghans to the fight.
11/05/09
NYTimes: 12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Base Shootings
At least one gunman killed 12 people and wounded 31 in a shooting on Thursday afternoon at Fort Hood in Texas. Military police killed one shooter, who had two guns, and at least two soldiers are in custody.
11/05/09
CNN: Afghan schools shut down after first H1N1 death
It's 1p.m. and squeals of delight reverberate off the apartment complex walls. A half dozen children are kicking an old soccer ball back and forth in a three-car parking lot.
11/05/09
MoD: Soldier from 3 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan
the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) was killed in Afghanistan today, Thursday 5 November 2009. The soldier was killed as a result of an explosion that happened near Sangin in central Helmand province this morning.
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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
286
94
86
466
Total
916
231
366
1513
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U.S. Fatalities in and around Afghanistan
Country of Death
Fatalities
Afghanistan
804
Germany (from wounds in theatre)
11
Pakistan
12
USA (from wounds in theatre)
16
Uzbekistan
1
Total
844
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
245
400
61.25
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
75
12
0
466
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
5
0
286
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Fatalities By Country
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Country
Total
Australia
11
Belgium
1
Canada
133
Czech
3
Denmark
28
Estonia
6
Finland
1
France
36
Germany
34
Hungary
2
Italy
22
Latvia
3
Lithuania
1
NATO
1
Netherlands
21
Norway
4
Poland
15
Portugal
2
Romania
11
South Korea
1
Spain
26
Sweden
2
Turkey
2
UK
231
US
916
Total
1513
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