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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.
03/18/10
DoD: Marine Casualty Identified
Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Gilbert II, 28, of Richfield, Ohio, died March 16 of wounds sustained March 8 while supporting combat operations in Badghis province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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.
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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
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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
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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