Number of victims:
The US does not like to publish the real number of victims, killed or wounded.
The following data are estimations and as such are not necessarily precise.
Here again the fault is with the Americans who do not want to reveal how
many people -civilians and soldiers- they kill while pretending that they
came to liberate the country, bring democracy, and help the local people.
- Afghan troops: 8600 killed and 25,800 seriously wounded (July 2004).
- Afghan civilians: 3,500 killed and 6,300 seriously wounded (July 2004).
- US troops: 180 killed and 540 seriously wounded (April 2005).
- Other coalition troops: 90 killed and 297 seriously wounded (April 2005).
As of August 5, 2005, there have been 256 coalition deaths in Afghanistan -217 Americans, one Australian, four Britons, seven Canadians, three Danes, two French, 16 Germans, two Italians, one Norwegian and three Romanians- in the war on terror as of July 25, 2005. At least 511 US troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
As of June 2, 2006, at least 235 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan -142 were killed by hostile action- as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Outside the Afghan region 56 more members of the US military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two are the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Yemen. There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.
As of July 25, 2006, at least 260 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, 161 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, 56 more members of the US military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, two are the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Yemen. There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.
On February 6, 2007, the Bush administration wants NATO allies to increase money, troops and other support for the unsteady democracy in Afghanistan, and also is working to dispel European suspicion that the United States is too busy in Iraq to pay attention to the older Afghan fight. Among other issues Rice raised were the divisions within the alliance on sharing the burden in Afghanistan. Some NATO countries have shown a greater willingness than others to send troops to areas of conflict. The United States is the largest contributor to the 34,460-member NATO force in Afghanistan, with 11,800 troops. Britain is next with 5,200. The Bush administration plans to ask US Congress for $10.6 billion for Afghanistan.
As of Thursday, February 22, 2007, at least 305 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Of those, the military reports 193 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports 57 more members of the US military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen.
As of Thursday, March 1, 2007, at least 307 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001; 193 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen- 58 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.
Since US troops first set foot in Afghanistan in 2001, the Defence Department
has gone to unprecedented lengths to control and suppress information about
the human costs of war. But documents made public by the ACLU this week
provide a vivid window into the lives of innocent Afghans and Iraqis caught
in conflict zones. Hundreds of claims for damages by family members of civilians
killed by Coalition Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan were recovered through
a Freedom of Information Act request filed in June 2006. The claims and
related materials highlight the cost of government efforts to suppress information,
through policies including:
- Banning photographers on U.S. military bases from covering the arrival
of caskets containing the remains of U.S. soldiers killed overseas;
- Paying Iraqi journalists to write positive accounts of the U.S. war effort;
- Inviting U.S. journalists to "embed" with military units but
requiring them to submit their stories to the military for pre-publication
review;
- Erasing journalists' footage of civilian deaths in Afghanistan, and
- Refusing to disclose statistics on civilian casualties.
In Afghanistan in March 2002, the head of US Central Command General Tommy
Franks said, "You know we don't do body counts." Then-Secretary
of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said in November 2003, "We don't do body
counts on other people."
As of Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at least 316 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Of those 199 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports 61 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.
As of Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at least 320 members of the U.S. military have
died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion
of Afghanistan in late 2001. Of those, the military reports 200 were killed
by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports
61 more members of the US military died in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists
these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea;
Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey
and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian
death.
As of Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at least 323 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Of those 201 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports 61 more members died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.
As of Friday April 11, 2008, at least 423 members of the US military died
in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of
Afghanistan in late 2001. Of those 290 were killed by hostile action. Outside
the Afghan region, 64 more members of the US military died in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action.
These other locations are Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea;
Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan;
Turkey; and Yemen. Four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.