NATO's Deadliest Days In Afghanistan

[GUNNER]

NATO's Deadliest Days In Afghanistan



KABUL, June 21, 2010 (AFP) - Nine NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the latest in a series of grim days that has made June one of the deadliest months for the alliance.

Below is a chronology of some of the deadliest days of the war since the US-led ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001.

According to an AFP tally, based on a count by the independent website icasualties.org, 281 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year. Last year was the deadliest yet, with 520 killed.

--2005--

- June 28: 16 US military personnel, including eight Navy Seals, die when a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade hits their Chinook helicopter in Kunar province, east of Kabul.

--2007--

- April 8: Six Canadian soldiers are killed when a bomb explodes near their vehicle in southern Afghanistan.

- May 31: Seven soldiers, five of them Americans, are killed when a military transport helicopter crashes in Helmand province after a rocket attack.

- July 4: Six Canadian soldiers and their Afghan interpreter are killed when a booby-trapped device hits their vehicle in the south.

- November 10: Six NATO soldiers and two Afghan troops are killed in a Taliban ambush in northeast Afghanistan.

--2008--

- July 13: Nine US soldiers are killed in clashes in Kunar province.

- August 18: Ten French soldiers are killed in a Taliban ambush about 50 kilometres from Kabul.

--2009--

- September 17: Six Italian soldiers are killed by a suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

- October 3: Eight US soldiers and two Afghan soldiers are killed in fierce fighting against hundreds of militants in the eastern province of Nuristan, which borders Pakistani tribal areas that are havens for Al-Qaeda and Taliban sympathisers.

- October 27: Eight US soldiers die in bomb attacks in the south.

--2010--

- January 11: Three US, two French and one British soldier are killed in fighting in the south and east.

- May 18: Eight NATO soldiers are killed, including six in a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul.

- June 6: A total of five NATO soldiers, four of them Americans, die in three incidents in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

- June 7: Seven US, two Australian and one French soldier are killed in bomb attacks in the south and the east.

- June 8: Two more NATO soldiers are killed in southern Afghanistan.

- June 18: Five more NATO troops die in three attacks, two in southern and one in eastern Afghanistan.

- June 21: Nine NATO soldiers are killed, among them three Australians and an American in a helicopter crash in the south and four more Americans and one other soldier in separate militant bomb and gun attacks in the south and east.

In addition, on December 30, 2009, seven Americans working for the CIA and a member of the Jordanian intelligence services were killed in a suicide attack by a member of Al-Qaeda at a US base in the southeastern province of Khost near the border with Pakistan.

 

[GUNNER]

LONDON, June 21, 2010 (AFP) - Britain announced its 300th death in Afghanistan Monday, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to pledge he will withdraw troops as soon as the war-torn state can handle its own security.

The grim landmark comes during a year which has already seen the second-highest number of British fatalities since operations began in 2001 -- 55 -- and amid signs that most Britons want troops to be pulled out.

Cameron said Britain was "paying a high price" in Afghanistan and that people "should keep asking why we are there and how long we must be there".
"The truth is that we are there because the Afghans are not yet ready to keep their own country safe and to keep terrorists and terrorist training camps out of their country," he said.
"But as soon as they are able to take care and take security for their own country, that is when we can leave."

The latest victim, from 40 Commando Royal Marines, died in hospital in Birmingham, central England, Sunday after being seriously injured in an explosion in Sangin, Helmand Province, on June 12, the Ministry of Defence said.

Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, making it the second largest contributor after the United States to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
Its troops are based in the troubled southern Helmand province, battling Taliban insurgents and training local security forces.

The death toll in Afghanistan has risen steadily since 2006 and the number of fatalities surged in 2009, when 108 troops died, many killed by makeshift bombs. The death toll reached 200 on August 15 last year.

The spike followed the launch of Operation Panther's Claw in the build-up to Afghanistan's presidential elections.

As the operation tried to shift from front-line fighting towards training local Afghan forces, the death toll did not slow up as new threats emerged.

Cameron warned last week that Britain "must be ready for further casualties over the summer months" and described 2010 as "the vital one" for overcoming the Taliban insurgency.

There are increasing calls in Britain for troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.

A BBC opinion poll in February found that 64 percent of Britons think the war is unwinnable, while other polls have suggested growing support for a troop withdrawal.
The name of the dead marine has not yet been released although his family has been informed of his death. Of the 300 British personnel who have died in Afghanistan, 266 were killed as a result of hostile action.

 

[FreekiN]

Meanwhile, the Taliban announced it's 27,000th death.

• 26 Taliban killed in Kundez province on January 3 [2]
• 16 Taliban militants killed in Helmand province on January 12 [3]
• 4 Islamic rebels killed in Ghazni province[4]
• 22 Taliban killed February 1 [5]
• 32 Taliban killed in offensive on February 5 [6]
• 22 Taliban killed in offensives February 6 [7]
• 50 Taliban killed in joint operation by US Navy SEALs and SAS February 11 [8]
• 11 Taliban killed including 1 commander February 16 [9]
• Estimated 120-200 Taliban killed in Operation Moshtarak up to February 23 [10]
• 10 Taliban killed by US and Afghan forces in Washir District[11]
• 14 Insurgents killed in East Afghanistan February 22 [12]
• 50 Taliban killed March 7 by rival militant groups [13]
• 5 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and U.S-led military forces in Kandahar Province on April 10th.[14]
• 10 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in three different clashes within the Uruzgan Province and the Kandahar Province on April 21st.[15]
• 13 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in an attack involving an air strike within the Ghazni Province on May 24th[16]
• Several Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and NATO forces in a fierce gun battle within the Paktia Province on May 25th.[17]
• 15 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in two volatile provinces and another 4 other insurgents were injured, as a result of these two operations that were conducted in both the Badghis Province and the Nuristan Province on May 26th. Several Taliban insurgents were also killed by Afghan and NATO forces in Helmand Province on the same day.[18]
• 1 Taliban insurgent was killed and another insurgent was wounded when they mishandled explosive material, which they were using to make a home made bomb on May 27th.[19]
• At least 25 Taliban insurgents including 2 commanders killed on May 29 by a NATO airstrike [20]
• An Afghan-International military force used a precision air strike and killed a senior Taliban commander, as well as several other Taliban insurgents on May 31st.[21]
• Several Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces within three volatile Afghan Provinces on June 3rd.[22]
• 25 Taliban insurgents were killed during military operations conducted by both Afghan and foreign forces within the Uruzgan Province on June 6th.[23]
• 3 Taliban insurgents were killed and another 2 others were injured in a gun battle with security forces in the Kunar Province, on June 10th.[24]
• 9 Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike, which targeted their hideout in the southern Kandahar Province on June 12th. On the same day, it was later reported that Afghan and foreign forces had apparently killed several insurgents during skirmishes in neighbouring Helmand Province.[25]
• 39 Taliban insurgents were killed during two seperate operations within two southern Afghan provinces, which were conducted by Afghan police and foreign forces on June 13th.[26]
• 5 Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash with Afghan police and foreign troops on June 15th. Several insurgents were also killed on the same day, in an overnight clash within Kapisa.[27]
• 1 Taliban suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan police before he could blow himself up, in the Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan on June 16th.[28]
• 3 Taliban insurgents were killed during a clash with a group of pro-government militia in the north-western Badghis Province on June 20th.[29]

 

[graphican]

This is such a good news.. But sadly its not even 0.01% of deaths as compared to Afghans who loose their lives to American and NATO's atrocities. Afghans, you got to balance the equation buddies.. you got to take this number to 100 soldiers a day.. even more if possible.

For the freedom and liberation of Afghanistan.

 

[Thomas]

NATO's Deadliest Days In Afghanistan



KABUL, June 21, 2010 (AFP) - Nine NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the latest in a series of grim days that has made June one of the deadliest months for the alliance.

Below is a chronology of some of the deadliest days of the war since the US-led ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001.

According to an AFP tally, based on a count by the independent website icasualties.org, 281 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year. Last year was the deadliest yet, with 520 killed.

--2005--

- June 28: 16 US military personnel, including eight Navy Seals, die when a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade hits their Chinook helicopter in Kunar province, east of Kabul.

--2007--

- April 8: Six Canadian soldiers are killed when a bomb explodes near their vehicle in southern Afghanistan.

- May 31: Seven soldiers, five of them Americans, are killed when a military transport helicopter crashes in Helmand province after a rocket attack.

- July 4: Six Canadian soldiers and their Afghan interpreter are killed when a booby-trapped device hits their vehicle in the south.

- November 10: Six NATO soldiers and two Afghan troops are killed in a Taliban ambush in northeast Afghanistan.

--2008--

- July 13: Nine US soldiers are killed in clashes in Kunar province.

- August 18: Ten French soldiers are killed in a Taliban ambush about 50 kilometres from Kabul.

--2009--

- September 17: Six Italian soldiers are killed by a suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

- October 3: Eight US soldiers and two Afghan soldiers are killed in fierce fighting against hundreds of militants in the eastern province of Nuristan, which borders Pakistani tribal areas that are havens for Al-Qaeda and Taliban sympathisers.

- October 27: Eight US soldiers die in bomb attacks in the south.

--2010--

- January 11: Three US, two French and one British soldier are killed in fighting in the south and east.

- May 18: Eight NATO soldiers are killed, including six in a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul.

- June 6: A total of five NATO soldiers, four of them Americans, die in three incidents in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

- June 7: Seven US, two Australian and one French soldier are killed in bomb attacks in the south and the east.

- June 8: Two more NATO soldiers are killed in southern Afghanistan.

- June 18: Five more NATO troops die in three attacks, two in southern and one in eastern Afghanistan.

- June 21: Nine NATO soldiers are killed, among them three Australians and an American in a helicopter crash in the south and four more Americans and one other soldier in separate militant bomb and gun attacks in the south and east.

In addition, on December 30, 2009, seven Americans working for the CIA and a member of the Jordanian intelligence services were killed in a suicide attack by a member of Al-Qaeda at a US base in the southeastern province of Khost near the border with Pakistan.

Pretty small number for so many years of war isn't it! It is probably the least casualties for the scale of the war in history.

 

[ejaz007]

Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Updated at: 1600 PST, Monday, June 21, 2010

KABUL: Six NATO soldiers were killed in three separate incidents Monday in southern Afghanistan, where the US-led alliance is mounting an ambitious campaign to flush out Taliban militants, the military said.

In the deadliest incident, three Australian commandos and a US soldier were killed when their helicopter crashed in the southern province of Kandahar, the single worst loss of life for the Australian military in the Afghan war.

Another two NATO troops were killed in separate bomb explosions but their nationalities have not been released. Britain also announced a grim toll of 300 dead in Afghanistan after one of its soldiers died from wounds suffered in an explosion earlier this month in the neighbouring southern province of Helmand.

The deaths brought to 281 the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year, according to a tally.

Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

 

[ejaz007]

Meanwhile, the Taliban announced it's 27,000th death.

• 26 Taliban killed in Kundez province on January 3 [2]
• 16 Taliban militants killed in Helmand province on January 12 [3]
• 4 Islamic rebels killed in Ghazni province[4]
• 22 Taliban killed February 1 [5]
• 32 Taliban killed in offensive on February 5 [6]
• 22 Taliban killed in offensives February 6 [7]
• 50 Taliban killed in joint operation by US Navy SEALs and SAS February 11 [8]
• 11 Taliban killed including 1 commander February 16 [9]
• Estimated 120-200 Taliban killed in Operation Moshtarak up to February 23 [10]
• 10 Taliban killed by US and Afghan forces in Washir District[11]
• 14 Insurgents killed in East Afghanistan February 22 [12]
• 50 Taliban killed March 7 by rival militant groups [13]
• 5 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and U.S-led military forces in Kandahar Province on April 10th.[14]
• 10 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in three different clashes within the Uruzgan Province and the Kandahar Province on April 21st.[15]
• 13 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in an attack involving an air strike within the Ghazni Province on May 24th[16]
• Several Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and NATO forces in a fierce gun battle within the Paktia Province on May 25th.[17]
• 15 Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces in two volatile provinces and another 4 other insurgents were injured, as a result of these two operations that were conducted in both the Badghis Province and the Nuristan Province on May 26th. Several Taliban insurgents were also killed by Afghan and NATO forces in Helmand Province on the same day.[18]
• 1 Taliban insurgent was killed and another insurgent was wounded when they mishandled explosive material, which they were using to make a home made bomb on May 27th.[19]
• At least 25 Taliban insurgents including 2 commanders killed on May 29 by a NATO airstrike [20]
• An Afghan-International military force used a precision air strike and killed a senior Taliban commander, as well as several other Taliban insurgents on May 31st.[21]
• Several Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan and foreign forces within three volatile Afghan Provinces on June 3rd.[22]
• 25 Taliban insurgents were killed during military operations conducted by both Afghan and foreign forces within the Uruzgan Province on June 6th.[23]
• 3 Taliban insurgents were killed and another 2 others were injured in a gun battle with security forces in the Kunar Province, on June 10th.[24]
• 9 Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike, which targeted their hideout in the southern Kandahar Province on June 12th. On the same day, it was later reported that Afghan and foreign forces had apparently killed several insurgents during skirmishes in neighbouring Helmand Province.[25]
• 39 Taliban insurgents were killed during two seperate operations within two southern Afghan provinces, which were conducted by Afghan police and foreign forces on June 13th.[26]
• 5 Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash with Afghan police and foreign troops on June 15th. Several insurgents were also killed on the same day, in an overnight clash within Kapisa.[27]
• 1 Taliban suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan police before he could blow himself up, in the Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan on June 16th.[28]
• 3 Taliban insurgents were killed during a clash with a group of pro-government militia in the north-western Badghis Province on June 20th.[29]

Don't believe every thing the Americans, Allies and the Western media tells you. If you count the number of dead Afghans from 2001 onwards then perhaps half of Afghanistan is dead. Then from where are the Taliban coming. Is every Afghani a taliban. Ever wondered that.

 

[QADRI]

 

[GUNNER]

Pretty small number for so many years of war isn't it! It is probably the least casualties for the scale of the war in history.

Well, that is debatable. It's not a conventional war. Neither is it 1914 where troops would charge against strong defences only to be mowed down.

Guerilla warfare is about smal scale operations if we consider the tactics of Taliban. 'Death by a thousand cuts' as they say.

Also, the NATO/ISAF have improved means of protections for troops. Gear and other new tools, upgraded vehicles help bring down the number of casualty. Add to this the massive air support, on which Foreign troops count on a lot, which means that insurgents have limited time to inflict damage.

 

[Spring Onion]

Pretty small number for so many years of war isn't it! It is probably the least casualties for the scale of the war in history.

Pretty big specially when you are camped inside secure fortified bases with all your air and ground power against those who literally dont have the same

 

[GUNNER]

LONDON, June 22, 2010 (AFP) - Another two British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, raising the military toll to 302 just one day after the grim 300 milestone was reached, the Ministry of Defence in London said Tuesday.

Both men were in the 40 Commando Royal Marines and died in the Sangin district of the southern province of Helmand, where most of Britain's 9,500 troops in Afghanistan are deployed and battling Taliban insurgents.

One marine died in an explosion on Monday evening, and the other was killed in a firefight with insurgents on Tuesday.

Commenting on the first death, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel James Carr-Smith said: "He had recently returned from a patrol when he was killed by an explosion.

"He had been improving the lives of local Afghans and helping to protect them from the insurgency. He died a marine. He will be greatly missed and his sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will always remember him."

Carr-Smith also paid tribute to the second marine, who was killed in a firefight while manning a fortified position in the patrol base.

"He was involved in an exchange of fire with insurgents when he was killed by small arms fire. He died a marine, in the course of his duty and alongside his mates and Afghan National Army partners," he said.

On Monday the ministry announced the 300th military death in Afghanistan since 2001, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to pledge to withdraw troops as soon as the war-torn state can handle its own security -- but not before.

The landmark comes during a year which has already seen the second-highest number of British fatalities since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 -- 57 -- and amid signs that most Britons want troops to be pulled out.

The death toll in Afghanistan has risen steadily since 2006 and the number of fatalities surged in 2009, when 108 troops died, many killed by makeshift bombs. The death toll reached 200 on August 15 last year.

 

[deckingraj]

Pretty big specially when you are camped inside secure fortified bases with all your air and ground power against those who literally don't have the same

Doesn't matter if they have protections or not.....This is war and you put in your best defences...Nato is doing what they can...Talibs are doing what they can.....However such a small number of troops loss in 10 years long war is an achievement in its own and shows how much importance is given to saving lives of troops.....I totally agree with Thomas that this is probably the longest war with least casualities on one side....

As an ecample just look at the number of men PA has lost in last two years and compare with NATO's loss for the whole conflict and you will get to know what i am talking about....In short life don't count much in SOUTH ASIA....

 

[GUNNER]

As an ecample just look at the number of men PA has lost in last two years and compare with NATO's loss for the whole conflict and you will get to know what i am talking about

There is not much difference in the losses on both sides. Combined losses of ANA, NATO-ISAF Troops would far exceed the losses of PA.

Perhaps we should also look at what has NATO acheived in the nine years? And then compare it with the achievements of the PA.

 

[GUNNER]

DUBAI, June 22, 2010 (AFP) - An Afghan woman carried out a deadly suicide attack on against a US-Afghan army patrol in the east of the country, the Taliban said in a statement cited on Tuesday by the US monitoring group SITE.

It is the first time the Taliban have publicly claimed a female suicide attack, which they claimed was carried by "Halima" in front of a health centre in Shigal district, in the eastern Kunar province, killing 10 US soldiers.

"Mujahedeen sources in the area reported that a mother in the Islamic Emirate... carried out a martyrdom-seeking attack... this afternoon on a patrol of occupation forces and their Afghan agents," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said in the statement on Monday, which was posted on Islamist websites.

"It resulted in killing 10 American soldiers and severely wounding 7 more, and disabling an enemy armoured vehicle. Ten (Afghan) army soldiers were also wounded."

Monday was the worst day of the year so far for the NATO alliance in Afghanistan, with a total of 10 NATO soldiers killed in militant attacks and a helicopter crash.

In the deadliest incident, three Australian commandos and a US soldier were killed when their chopper crashed in southern Kandahar province.

Another two NATO troops, including an American, were killed in separate bomb explosions elsewhere in the south, the spiritual home of the Taliban militia that is fighting an increasingly deadly insurgency against Western troops.

 

[no_name]

Often the economic costs of war are just as important as the human costs.

There is a reason why Bin Laden choose the first two planes to attack world trade centre first. If the same operation was carried out at orders of another country the first two targets would have been the white house/capitol followed by the pentagon. Bin Laden knew the significance of US as an image of economic power.

Some people suggested that he should have also bombed the statue of liberty, a symbol of freedom, but Bin Laden knew that will be plain stupid and raise the morale of US even more.