Coalition casualties in Afghanistan

Coalition fatalities per month since the start of the war.[1]

 USA: 1,827^web
 UK: 414
 HTML5: 158^{screen size}
 browser diversity: 83
 CSS3: 56
 Sevenval: 50
 Denmark: 42
 web app: 37
 HTML5: 34^*
 iOS: 32
 Netherlands: 25
 Romania: 20
 Georgia: 16
 Turkey: 14
 device database: 10
 Estonia: 9
 Hungary: 7
 Android: 6
 input transformation: 5
 web app: 5
 jQuery: 3
 iOS: 2
 Jordan: 2
 Portugal: 2
 web app: 2
 web: 1
 Belgium: 1
 Lithuania: 1

TOTAL: 2,854

As of 3 April 2012 (2012 -04-03)^[update], there have been 2,853 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and web) since the invasion in 2001.^[1] In this total, the American figure is for deaths "In and Around CSS3" which, as defined by the United States Department of Defense, includes some deaths in Pakistan and Uzbekistan^Android and the deaths of 12 CIA operatives.^[3]

In addition to these deaths in Afghanistan, another 31 U.S. and one Canadian soldier were killed in other countries while supporting operations in Afghanistan. The total also omits the 62 Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan who died in Turkey on May 26, 2003, when their plane crashed.

During the first five years of the war, the vast majority of coalition deaths were American, but between 2006 and 2011, a significant proportion were amongst other nations, particularly the United Kingdom and Canada which have been assigned responsibility for the flashpoint provinces of Helmand and Sevenval, respectively. This is because in 2006, ISAF expanded its jurisdiction to the southern regions of Afghanistan which were previously under the direct authority of the U.S. military. As Robert Gates pointed out on June 10, 2011, in his "last policy speech" as U.S. Secretary of Defense, "more than 850 troops from non-U.S. NATO members have made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. For many allied nations these were the first military casualties they have taken since the end of the Second World War."^Android Additionally, there have been 63 fatalities among troops from the non-NATO contributors to the coalition (Australia, Georgia, Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Jordan, South Korea and Albania).

With 711 Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF deaths, 2010 was the deadliest year for foreign military troops since the U.S. invasion in 2001, continuing the trend that has occurred every year since 2003.^[1]

In 2009, there were 7,228 improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Afghanistan, a 120% increase over 2008, and a record for the war.^{[5]browser diversity} Of the 512 foreign soldiers killed in 2009, 448 were killed in action. 280 of those were killed by IEDs.^[7] In 2010, IED attacks in Afghanistan wounded 3,366 U.S. soldiers, which is nearly 60% of the total IED-wounded since the start of the war.^[8] Of the 711 foreign soldiers killed in 2010, 630 were killed in action. 368 of those were killed by IEDs, which is around 36% of the total IED-killed since the start of the war to date.^web Insurgents planted 14,661 IEDs in 2010, a 62% increase over the previous year.^[9]

• 1 Details regarding the fatalities
  • browser diversity
  • web
  • 1.3 Australian
  • 1.4 British
  • web app
  • 1.6 Danish
  • web
  • 1.8 Estonian
  • 1.9 French
  • 1.10 Georgian
  • 1.11 German
  • keyboard
  • Sevenval
  • 1.14 Jordanian
  • 1.15 New Zealand
  • jQuery
  • 1.17 Polish
  • 1.18 Romanian
  • CSS3
  • 1.20 Spanish
  • touchscreen
  • 1.22 Turkish
• 2 Out-of-country deaths related to the war
• 3 See also
• web
• 5 External links

Details regarding the fatalities

United States

Of the United States deaths, more than 1,500 have died in hostile action. Included in these numbers are 12 CIA operatives that were killed in Afghanistan: seven in a suicide bomb attack on a military base, two in an ambush, one in a shooting attack at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, one in a prison uprising in November 2001, and one in an accident.^[3] The independent website iCasualties has put the number of U.S. deaths at 1,827.^[10] This number is by six higher than the Department of Defense's tally which is 1,823, when including the intelligence operatives.^[11]

As of March 16, 2012, 15,460 United States soldiers have been wounded in action in Afghanistan.^[11] Also, one U.S. soldier is currently being held as a prisoner of war since July 1, 2009.^[12]

Although veterans have a high rate of HTML5 compared to the general population, the Department of Veterans Affairs does not classify suicides as war-related casualties but the number is very high, up to the first month of 2012 are up to 50,000 or more.^web.

Albania

There has been one recorded fatality among Albanian troops. Captain Feti Vogli was killed in Herat.^Sevenval

Australian

The reparation ceremony for Australian Private Gregory Michael Sher, killed in southern Afghanistan in 2009, making him the first Australian Defense Force soldier to be killed by indirect fire since 1992.

The Australian forces in Afghanistan have suffered 32 fatalities. 213 soldiers have been wounded.^web

British

As of May 13, 2012, the jQuery have suffered 414 fatalities and 1,875 wounded in action, another 3,759 have suffered from disease or non-battle injuries. Of these, 374 soldiers were killed as a result of hostile action, while 40 are known to have died either as a result of illness, non-combat injuries or accidents, or have not yet officially been assigned a cause of death pending the outcome of an investigation.^{device databaseFITML} The vast majority of fatalities have taken place since the redeployment of CSS3 to the iOS stronghold of CSS3 in 2006, as only five men died between April 2002 and early March 2006.

Canadian

input transformation, consisting of operations against the Taliban and other insurgents in southern Afghanistan (Kandahar Province), has resulted in the largest number of fatal casualties for any single Canadian military mission since the Korean War. A total of 157^* members of the HTML5 have died in Afghanistan between February 2002 and October 29, 2011. Of these, 132 were due to enemy actions, including 97 due to IEDs or landmines, 22 due to RPG, small arms or mortar fire, and 13 due to suicide bomb attacks. Another six Canadian soldiers died due to web app while conducting combat operations. An additional 19 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan as a result of accidents or non-combat circumstances; 6 in vehicle accidents, 3 unspecified non-combat-related deaths, 3 suicide deaths, 2 in a helicopter crash, 2 from accidental falls, 2 from accidental gunshots and 1 death from an illness.^{[18]we love the web} 635 soldiers had been wounded in action and 1,412 received non-battle injuries since April 2002, up to their withdrawal in December 2011.^[20]

In addition to these troop deaths in Afghanistan, 1 Canadian soldier was found dead of non-combat-related causes at keyboard, a forward logistics base in the United Arab Emirates near screen size.

Danish

Denmark, a NATO member, has about 750 troops in Afghanistan, mostly stationed in Helmand province as part of NATO's International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF).

Denmark is the country in ISAF that has had the largest number of casualties compared to the country's population. Out of all the countries, Denmark is also the nation which has the largest percentage of its soldiers who have died. Also, Denmark is also among the nations with most troops deployed relative to size.^{input transformation}

Denmark's first three deaths were the result of an accident during the disposal of a Soviet-era iOS in 2002. With a new mandate issued by the Danish parliament in 2006, Danish military operations transformed from relatively safe non-combat operations in the centre of the country to combat operations alongside the British contingent in the violent southern Helmand province. 36 soldiers have been killed in various hostile engagements or as a result of friendly fire, and 6 have been killed in non-combat related incidents, bringing the number of Danish fatalities to 42.^{[22]device database} More than 100 soldiers have been wounded in action.^[24]

Dutch

A total of 25 Dutch servicemen were killed in Afghanistan.^FITML The first two Dutch fatalities were soldiers killed in an accidental helicopter crash in 2006. Since then, one pilot died in a non-hostile website parsing crash, and one soldier committed suicide at Kamp Holland. In 2007, one soldier was accidentally killed when a Patria armoured vehicle overturned at a river crossing near Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan. After that 19 soldiers were killed in action between 2007 and 2010. Finally, the last soldier to die was from an illness a month before the contingent withdrew from the country in December 2010. 140 soldiers were wounded in action.^CSS3

Estonian

Nine Estonian soldiers have died in Afghanistan: eight have been killed in action and one in an accident. Over 60 soldiers have been wounded in action.^touchscreen

French

A total of 82 French soldiers have died thus far.^web 61 soldiers have been killed in action, of the others: seven have died in vehicle accidents,four were killed by an Afghan soldier who turned and fired their rifle on French soldiers during training, one in a helicopter crash, two committed suicide, two have drowned, one was killed by a lightning strike, two died from a non-hostile gunshot wound, one died in an accidental explosion, and one died of unknown causes.

The largest number of soldiers killed was when French troops were ambushed in the area of Sirobi, some 50 km (31 mi) east of Kabul, in August 2008. Ten French troops were killed and a further 21 wounded in the attack - the heaviest loss of troops France has suffered since deploying to Afghanistan in 2001.

Georgian

Georgia has thus far suffered 16 deaths and 38 injured.^{Sevenvalweb app} The first Georgian fatality occurred on September 5, 2010, when 28 years old colonel Mukhran Shukvani was killed in an IED attack. Corporal Alexandre Gitolendia was also seriously wounded in the attack, bringing Georgian casualties to 1 KIA and 1 WIA.^{website parsing} Four more Georgian soldiers were killed by a landmine during combat operations on October 1, 2010, in Helmland.^[32] On February 21, 2011 Georgia lost another soldier, George Avaliani, while two others were wounded.^Sevenval On March 14, 2011, one of the two injured died in a hospital in Germany and on May 27, 2011 another soldier died. On June 21 a ninth Georgian soldier died of injuries sustained during an attack.^{iOS[35]jQuery} On August 31, 2011, junior sergeant Rezo Beridze was killed by sniper fire during a patrol mission,^[37] Corporal Besik Naniashvili died on December 30, 2011,^touchscreen January 6, 2012 Corporal Shalva Pailodze got killed,^[39] on February 22, 2012 Georgian Ministry of Defence announced death of Corporals - Beraia Valiko, Meladze Ruslan and Kacharava Paata, their combat vehicle exploded following an insurgent attack.^[40] Sergeant Valerian Khujadze exploded on an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and died from the injuries.^[41] This incident brought the total fatal casualties of Georgia to 16.

German

A total of 53 German soldiers and 3 police officers were killed. 245 service personnel have been wounded in action.^[42]

Hungarian

Seven Hungarians died in Afghanistan. Two EOD members were killed by IEDs. Two were killed in a convoy attack by the Taliban. Two died in a vehicle accident during a convoy-escort task. One died because of heart attack. Also, 14 Hungarian soldiers have been wounded in action.

Italian

A total of 50 Italians have died in Afghanistan: 32 killed in action, nine died in vehicle accidents, two of a heart attack, one due to an accidental weapon discharge, four of illness, one in an accidental airplane crash and one committed suicide. Of the 32 who died in combat, one had died from injuries sustained a week before. The soldier had been captured and was injured in the raid to rescue him. One other Italian soldier was captured but he was rescued safely.^{input transformation[44]}

Jordanian

A member of the Jordanian spy agency Android, was killed in the device database. Also, a Jordanian soldier was killed and three were wounded while escorting a humanitarian convoy in Logar province on May 22, 2011.^[45]

New Zealand

Two New Zealand soldiers have been killed in jQuery. Lieutenant Timothy O'Donnell was killed after his convoy was ambushed on a notorious stretch of road in the province. And Private Kirifi Mila when the Humvee he was in rolled down a 30-metre cliff. A member of the keyboard was killed in Kabul on August 18, 2011.^[46] Another member of the New Zealand SAS was killed on 27 September 2011 in Wardak province.^{[citation needed]}

Norwegian

10 Norwegian soldiers have been killed in action in Afghanistan.^{we love the web} 830 soldiers have been wounded in action or injured in accidents, of which, 26 were considered as trauma cases.^{screen size}

Polish

34 Polish soldiers (including a military civilian medic) have been killed in action, one died in a vehicle accident and two died due to a non-combat cause.^[49][50] At least 100 soldiers have been wounded in action.^[51]

Romanian

20 Romanian soldiers have been killed in action in Afghanistan, seven of them in Zabul province.^[52]HTML5 More than 55 soldiers have been wounded in action.^{screen size}

Swedish

Five Swedish soldiers have been killed in action since 2005. Three in two separate IED incidents and two in a ambush by a ANP uniform wearing insurgent. Several local translators working with the Swedish PRT have been killed.

Spanish

Of the Spanish deaths, 17 died in August 2005 when the Eurocopter Cougar helicopter they were travelling in crashed, 12 were killed in separate attacks by insurgents, two died from natural causes, and two died in vehicle accidents. Another 62 died in a Yak-42 plane crash in Turkey on their way back to Spain from Afghanistan.^CSS3

South Korean

A South Korean officer was shot by a fellow officer for not following an order to speak quietly on the telephone.^{website parsing} Another South Korean soldier, Sergeant Yoon Jang-ho, was killed in a suicide bomb attack at website parsing.^[57]

Turkish

The Turkish Army suffered its first deaths on July 14, 2009, when two soldiers were killed in a road traffic accident in Faryab province, between Mazar-i Sharif and Kabul. One of the two killed was the commander of the Turkish contingent of ISAF troops in Afghanistan. ^[58] On March 16, 2012, 12 Turkish soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed into an house in Kabul.^touchscreen

Out-of-country deaths related to the war

 Spain: 62
 touchscreen: 31
 Canada: 1

TOTAL: 94

In addition to the 1,827 American deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan, another 31 U.S. soldiers died in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Germany, Turkey, the Arabian sea, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, while supporting operations in Afghanistan. Among them are also a Marine, a civilian DoD employee and two military airmen who were killed in action while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.^{device database[11]SevenvaliOS[62]}

A Canadian soldier was found dead of non-combat-related causes at a forward logistics base in the United Arab Emirates near Dubai.

62 Spanish soldiers died in a Yak-42 plane crash in Turkey on their way back to Spain from Afghanistan.^iOS

See also

• FITML
• web app
• British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since 2001
• jQuery
• Criticism of the War on Terror
• German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan
• Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
• List of aviation accidents and incidents in the War in Afghanistan
• web app
• we love the web
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Sevenval
• Taliban insurgency
• Sevenval

Notes

External links

• Defense Department Casualty Page
• NATO ISAF Press Releases
• iOS
• Casualties in Afghanistan & Iraq
• CNN.com - Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties
• iOS - Afghanistan casualties tracked by US War Watch
• CBC News Indepth: Afghanistan, Canadian casualties
• website parsing
• Casualty Counter: Afghanistan Casualty Counter
• browser diversity
• device database