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This is a partial list of Afghan security forces killed in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021).. Besides serving as an indicator of some of the numbers of policemen, soldiers and private military contractors (PMCs) deaths during specific time periods, this article allows readers to investigate the circumstances of those deaths by reading the citation articles.
Theo DM (2009–2011), was an English Springer Spaniel who served as a bomb detection dog for the British Army whilst stationed in Afghanistan. His handler, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, was killed in March 2011, and Theo died within hours, following a seizure. The pair had set a new record for bomb finds during their time on deployment.
There had been 243 British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001. On 28 December, Rfn Aidan Howell from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died in an explosion while on patrol in the Kajaki area of Helmand province. This casualty brought the number of British soldiers killed in the conflict since 2001 to 244, including 107 in 2009. [166]
A military dog which saved more than a thousand lives has tragically passed away. Buster, an arms and explosives sniffer from the UK, was a heavily medaled service dog, going on five tours of duty ...
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“Those fallen and wounded at Abbey Gate deserved our best efforts,” he added, referring to the spot where the Americans were killed in the Aug. 26, 2021, ISIS-K suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai ...
A U.S. Army soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. On April 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division gave the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [3 ...
Highlander Scott McLaren (31 January 1991 – 4 July 2011) [1] was a British infanteer from the 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland who went out on his own from a secure base in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. His body was found later that day.