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  2. German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The number of fatalities has caused a stir in Germany since it is the highest of all deployments abroad that the German army has participated in since World War II and because German participation in the conflict is controversial. ISAF participation marks the first time since World War II that German ground troops have been confronted with an ...

  3. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    Overall, the war killed an estimated 176,000–212,000+ people, including 46,319 civilians. [90] While more than 5.7 million former refugees returned to Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion, [91] by the time the Taliban returned to power in 2021, 2.6 million Afghans remained refugees, [92] while another 4 million were internally displaced. [93] [94]

  4. Afghan conflict - Wikipedia

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    The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, as Operation Enduring Freedom. It was designed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants, as well as replace the Taliban with a U.S.-friendly government. The Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between al-Qaeda and nations that harbor them.

  5. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...

  6. Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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    During the War in Afghanistan, according to the Costs of War Project the war killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan: 46,319 civilians, 69,095 military and police and at least 52,893 opposition fighters. However, the death toll is possibly higher due to unaccounted deaths by "disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other ...

  7. Category:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) casualties - Wikipedia

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    Afghanistan portal; Biography portal; Modern history portal; War in Afghanistan casualties. A war casualty is a military person who is killed, wounded, imprisoned, or missing as a result of war; or a non-military person killed or wounded (civilian casualties). The term casualty is sometimes confused with the term fatality (death).

  8. History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    On 29 May 2006, while – according to American website The Spokesman-Review – Afghanistan faced "a mounting threat from armed Taliban fighters in the countryside," a US military truck that was part of a convoy in Kabul lost control and plowed into twelve civilian vehicles, killing one and injuring six people. The surrounding crowd got angry ...

  9. Coalition casualties in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, the largest non-NATO contributor to the war effort, has lost 32 soldiers in Afghanistan [70] with 435 wounded since 2010. [71] The first Georgian fatality occurred on 5 September 2010, when 28 years old Lieutenant Mukhran Shukvani was killed in a sniper attack and Corporal Alexandre Gitolendia was seriously wounded. [72]