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On May 28, 2010, the 1,000th American fatality in Afghanistan was a Marine from Camp Pendleton killed by a roadside bomb while on a foot patrol in Helmand province. [ 19 ] [ 14 ] On August 22, 2010, two U.S. soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard, 3rd Company, 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were killed during an attack ...
The Australian forces in Afghanistan have suffered 41 fatalities (34 in action) [15] 261 soldiers have been wounded. [16]Also, at least one Australian civilian (David Savage, formerly a senior officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs working as an adviser to AusAID) was wounded in Afghanistan.
In considering civilian casualties caused collectively by insurgent forces, the armed insurgency in Afghanistan against the government and foreign military forces is composed of many diverse individuals and groups that are motivated by a range of different goals and ideologies, that do not necessarily identify as "Taliban", and that do not act ...
According to a new report by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, since the takeover in mid-August 2021 and until the end of May, there were 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 people ...
Afghanistan is a rural country; in 2020, some 80% of its 33 million people lived in the countryside. [122]: 12 This predisposes warfare to rural areas, and provides ample hiding spots for guerrilla fighters. The country also has harsh winters, which favors spring or summertime military offensives after winter lulls in fighting.
At least 3,545 non-combatants died and another 7,457 were injured by fighting last year in a 4-percent increase over 2014.
Washington Post database of all U.S. service-member casualties Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine; CNN list of U.S. Casualties in Iraq since 2003. Complete list of U.S. Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. Iraq Casualties; Navy and Marine death tolls; Iraq and Afghanistan Casualty Count
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 ...