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As of May 17, 2008, there have been 742 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)): 432 American, 96 British, 83 Canadian, 25 German, 23 Spanish, 16 Dutch, 14 Danish, 12 French, 12 Italian, 6 Romanian, 5 Australian, 4 Polish, 3 Czech, 3 Norwegian, 3 Estonian, 2 Portuguese, 2 Swedish, 1 Finnish, 1 South Korean. is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Combatants United States, Poland, France, Canada, Pakistan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only), Northern Alliance, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ethiopia, Somalia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Georgia Taliban, al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah...
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
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In this total, the American figure is for deaths "In and Around Afghanistan" which, as defined by the U.S. Department of Defense, includes some deaths in Pakistan and Uzbekistan[1], the death of a DoD civilian employee, and the deaths of four CIA operatives; and the Italian figure includes the death of an intelligence agent. In addition to these deaths in Afghanistan, 62 Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan were killed in Turkey on May 26, 2003 when their plane crashed. The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ...
The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ...
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On June 14, 2007, an Emirati security guard was taken hostage by the Taliban in Helmand, the Taliban originally claimed to have captured a NATO soldier.[2] is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Helmand province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
On 23 September 2007, two Italian military intelligence personnel were kidnapped in Herat province, along with their translator and driver. The soldiers were rescued the following day by Italian and British troops in Farah province, although both captives were wounded during the raid, one gravely. The badly wounded soldier died of his wounds on 4 October 2007[3] is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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During the first five years of the war, the vast majority of coalition deaths were American, but in 2006, 2007 and 2008 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 Kandahar, respectively. This is due to the fact that in 2006, ISAF, under which all non-American forces operate, expanded its jurisdiction to the southern regions of Afghanistan which were previously under the direct authority of the U.S. military. Helmand province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
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American Of the American deaths, 298 died in hostile action and 134 in non-hostile incidents. A civilian DoD employee was killed in action while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, and is included in the final death toll. Four CIA operatives have also been killed in Afghanistan, two in an ambush, one in a notorious prison uprising in November 2001, and one in an accident. They are also included in the final death toll. The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ...
Combatants Afghanistan Northern Alliance United Kingdom United States Taliban Commanders Abdul Rashid Dostum Unknown Strength 300-500 men Casualties Afghans: 40-50 killed, at least 50 injured U.S./U.K.: 1 killed, 9 injured 200-400 killed 86 captured The battle of Qala-i-Jangi took place between November...
Deaths of armed American private military company personnel operating in Afghanistan are not included in the figures of this article. A private military company (PMC) provides specialised expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary (soldiers for hire).[1] Such companies are equally known as Private Security Contractors (PSCs), Private Military Corporations, Private Military Firms, Military Service Providers, and generally as the Private Military Industry. ...
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As of May 17, 2008, the British forces have suffered 96 fatalities, and upwards of 900 combat injuries of varying degree. The vast majority of fatalities have taken place since the redeployment of British forces to the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province in 2006, as only 5 men died between April 2002 and early March 2006. Sixty-eight fatalities are classed as "KIA", eight as "Died of Wounds sustained from Action", twenty-six 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.[4] The United Kingdom was one of the first countries which took part in Operation Enduring Freedom to topple the Taliban regime in autumn 2001. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
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Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
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Canada's role in Afghanistan, consisting of operations against the Taliban and other insurgents in southern Afghanistan, has resulted in the largest number of fatal casualties for any single Canadian military mission since the Korean War. A total of 83 members of the Canadian Forces have died in Afghanistan between February 2002 and May 17, 2008. Of these, 72 were due to hostile circumstances, including 39 due to buried bombs,[5] and 11 have been due to accidents or other non-hostile causes. One Canadian diplomat has been killed due to hostile circumstances. Canadas role in the invasion of Afghanistan, as an active combatant in operations against the Taliban and other insurgents in southern Afghanistan, has produced the largest number of fatal casualties for any single Canadian military mission since the 25th Canadian Brigade served in the Korean War. ...
Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
Belligerents United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Naval Support and Military Servicing/Repairs: Japan Medical staff: Denmark Italy Norway India Sweden DPR Korea PR China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung...
The Canadian Forces (CF) (French: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the unified armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence Act, which states: The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
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Danish Denmark's first 3 deaths were the result of an accident during the disposal of a Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile in 2002. With a new mandate issued by the Danish parliament in 2006, Danish military operations have transformed from relatively safe non-combat operations in the centre of the country to combat operations alongside the British contigent in the violent Southern Helmand province. 11 soldiers have since been killed in various hostile engagements or as a result of friendly fire, bringing the number of Danish casualties to 14. This makes Denmark the country with the heaviest casualties in respect to population. American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ...
Helmand province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Rank, name, date and place of casualties: - Lance Corperal Christian Raaschou, 31. March 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Anders Bjørn Storgaard, 26. March 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Captain Christian Jørgen Grundt Damholt, 17. March 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Warrant Officer Second Class Sonny Kappel Jakobsen, 17. March 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Warrant Officer Second Class Jens Mathias Petersen, 13. March 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Morten Krogh Jensen, 24. February 2008, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Mark Visholm, 29. November 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Casper Alexander Cramer, 29. November 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Major Anders Johan Stæhr Storrud, 16. October 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Thorbjørn Ole Reese, 26. September 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Private First Class Mikkel Keil Sørensen, 26. September 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- First Lieutenant Steen Rønn Sørensen, 3. May 2007, Helmand, Afghanistan.
- Sergeant First Class Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky, 6. March 2002, Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Lance Corperal Kim Carlsen, 6. March 2002, Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Lance Corperal Brian Juul Nørløv Andersen, 6. March 2002, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Dutch The first two Dutch fatalities were soldiers killed in an accidental helicopter crash in 2006. Since then, 1 pilot died in a non-hostile F-16 crash, and 1 soldier committed suicide at Kamp Holland (the main base in Uruzgan province of the Dutch Task Force Uruzgan). In 2007, 1 soldier was accidentally killed when a Patria armoured vehicle overturned at a river crossing near Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan and a further seven soldiers were killed in seven separate attacks, including a suicide bombing, at least three roadside bombings, a landmine explosion, and an accident with a mortar. In January 2008, 2 Dutch soldiers were killed in a firefight with hostile units in Deh Rawod due to friendly fire. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a modern multi-role jet fighter aircraft built in the United States and used by dozens of countries all over the world. ...
Kamp Holland is the Dutch military base (Provincial reconstruction team) in Tarin Kowt, the capital of the province Uruzgan, Afghanistan. ...
Oruzgan (or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
The Dutch ISAF-operation Task Force Uruzgan (TFU) is part of NATOs ISAF force in Afghanistan. ...
Oruzgan (or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Estonian In June 2007, two Estonian soldiers as part of NATO ISAF forces were killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan. On the 23rd of May, 2008, a soldier from the Estonian NSE-5 support element died from non-combat injuries. non-c[1]
French The first French casualties were two peacekeepers killed in a vehicle crash in 2004. Nine soldiers, mostly special forces, have since been killed in six hostile circumstances including two landmine detonations, an RPG attack, and a mortar attack; while another soldier has died in a vehicle accident. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
German See German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan With a contingent of nearly 3500 soldiers and policemen, Germany is one of the main contributors of troops to coalition operations in Afghanistan. ...
Italian Four Italian soldiers have been killed in three different IED attacks, two were killed in vehicle accidents, one due to an accidental weapon discharge, one was to an unknown non-hostile death, while one died a week after being shot (either by his Afghan kidappers or his would-be Italian rescuers during a raid). Two others died in hostile fire, and a general defense staff officer was killed in an accidental airplane crash. Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Polish One soldier was killed in a hostile engagement in August 2007 and two were killed by a landmine in February 2008. One soldier soldier died of wounds as a result of an IED explosion in April 2008. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
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Spanish Of the Spanish deaths, 17 were killed in August, 2005 when the Eurocopter Cougar helicopter they were travelling in crashed, four were killed in three separate attacks by insurgents, one died of a heart attack, and one died in a vehicle accident. Another 62 died in a Yak-42 plane crash in Turkey on their way back to Spain from Afghanistan.[6] August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
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AS 532 Cougar The Eurocopter Cougar is a twin-engined, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ...
Specific incidents - January 4, 2002 - An American Soldier, [Sgt. 1st Class] Nathan Ross Chapman of the 1st Special Forces Group, was shot and killed during an ambush in the vicinity of Khost, Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border. [2]
- January 9, 2002 - Seven American Marines of the Marine Aircraft Wing, Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, Capt. Daniel G. McCollum, Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen, Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson, Sgt. Nathan P. Hays, Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, and Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand, were killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan. [3]
- January 9, 2002 - Two American Marines of the Marine Aircraft Wing, Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III and Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan, were killed when a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission in Afghanistan. [4]
- February 13, 2002 - An American soldier, Spc. Jason A. Disney, died shortly after a piece of heavy equipment fell on him at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul. [5]
- February 16, 2002 - Australian Army Sergeant Andrew Russell, member of the SASR, was killed when the long-range patrol vehicle in which he was traveling struck a suspected anti-vehicle mine in Afghanistan. [6]
- March 2, 2002 - American Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, of the Third Special Forces Group, March 2.2C 2002|was killed in an ambush along the road from Gardez to the Shahi Kot Valley. At least two dozen Taliban fighters were also reported killed.
- March 4, 2002 - Seven American Special Forces soldiers [[Operation Anaconda#March 3 and March 4, 2002 were killed]] as they attempted to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. Around 3 a.m. local time a MH-47 Chinook helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, causing a soldier to fall out and damaging a hydraulic line. The helicopter made an emergency landing a half-mile (800 m) away. A second helicopter on the mission picked up the first helicopter's crew and flew to where the crew member had fallen. The soldiers soon came under heavy fire, and six were killed. The remaining soldiers returned fire and retrieved the bodies before returning to base. Independent reports confirm between 500-1,000 Taliban and Al Qaida fighters were killed during Operation Anaconda.
- March 6, 2002 - Three Danish soldiers, Sergeant First Class Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky, Lance Corporal Kim Carlsen, and Lance Corporal Brian Juul Nørløv Andersen, and two German soldiers, Oberfeldwebel Tomas Kochert and Oberfeldwebel Mike Rubel, were killed when defusing a Surface-to-Air-Missile failed. The missile accidentally exploded. [7]
- April 9, 2002 - A British soldier, Private Darren George, died when shot by a colleague who had a dizzy spell while handling a machine gun. [8]
- April 18, 2002 - Four Canadian soldiers were killed in what became known as the Tarnak Farm incident: Sgt. Marc Léger, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer, Pte. Richard Green and Pte. Nathan Smith. Eight other soldiers were wounded during a night-time live-fire training exercise near Kandahar and Tarnak Farms. The four were killed when an American F-16 fighter pilot, unaware of the exercise, noticed the ground fire and responded by dropping a bomb without determining who the combatants were. These were the first Canadian soldiers to be killed in combat since the Korean War. The pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Harry Schmidt, disobeyed an air controller's order to "stand by" while information was verified. Schmidt was initially charged by the U.S. Air Force with 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter and 8 counts of assault. The charges were dropped in June 2003 and in July 2004 he was found guilty of dereliction of duty.
- August 20, 2002 - Two British soldiers died in a murder suicide in Kabul. Corporal John Gregory shot Sergeant Robert Busuttil and then killed himself. [9]
- December 20, 2002 - An American soldier, Sgt Steven Checo of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in a gunfight while on a nighttime operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, near the border of Pakistan. [10]
- December 21, 2002 - Seven members of the German Luftwaffe, Hauptmann Friedrich Deininger, Oberleutnant Uwe Vierling, Hauptfeldwebel Bernhard Kaiser, Hauptfeldwebel Thomas Schiebel, Hauptfeldwebel Heinz-Ullrich Hewußt, Stabsunteroffizier Frank Ehrlich, and Hauptgefreiter Enrico Schmidt, died when their CH-53GS helicopter crashed in Kabul. The exact reason for the crash, which was first thought to be enemy fire, turned out to be a mechanical failure concerning the Swashplate of the aircraft.[11]
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The Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) is a special forces regiment modelled on the original British SAS and also drawing on the traditions of the Australian World War II Z Special Force commando unit. ...
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Combatants United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany Taliban insurgents, al-Qaeda Commanders Major General Franklin Hagenbeck Unknown Strength 2,000 500â1,500 Casualties 8 U.S. servicemen killed, 82 wounded, 7 Afghan soldiers killed 500â800 [1] A map showing the pre-operation...
Gardez is the capital of Paktia province, Afghanistan. ...
The Shahi-Kot Valley (also Shah-i-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley located in Afghanistans Paktia province, southeast of the town of Zormat. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
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The Shahi-Kot Valley (also Shah-i-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley located in Afghanistans Paktia province, southeast of the town of Zormat. ...
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...
Combatants United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany Taliban insurgents, al-Qaeda Commanders Major General Franklin Hagenbeck Unknown Strength 2,000 500â1,500 Casualties 8 U.S. servicemen killed, 82 wounded, 7 Afghan soldiers killed 500â800 [1] A map showing the pre-operation...
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Sergeant First Class insignia Sergeant First Class (SFC) is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant, and is a non-commissioned officer. ...
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Feldwebel is a German military rank which has existed since at least the 18th century with usage as a title dating to the Middle Ages. ...
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The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the accidental killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) on the night of April 18, 2002 by an American F-16 fighter jet. ...
Canadian Sergeant Marc Léger (March 26, 1973-April 17, 2002) was killed in Afghanistan when two U.S. planes dropped an unauthorized laser-guided bomb on the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry. ...
Corporal Ainsworth Dyer (July 29, 1977_April 17, 2002) was one of 4 Canadian soldiers killed in a friendly fire incident near Kandahar in Afghanistan. ...
Canadian Private Richard A. Green (May 26, 1980-April 17, 2002) was killed in Afghanistan when two U.S. planes dropped an unauthorized laser-guided bomb on the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry. ...
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Belligerents United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Naval Support and Military Servicing/Repairs: Japan Medical staff: Denmark Italy Norway India Sweden DPR Korea PR China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung...
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- May 29, 2003 One German soldier, Stabsgefreiter Stefan Kamins, died and one suffered injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in struck a landmine. They had been on a reconnaissance mission in the south of Kabul.
- June 7, 2003 - Four German soldiers from the NATO-led ISAF died when a suicide car bomb detonated beside the vehicle they were travelling in. The explosion left another 29 Germans wounded.
- October 2, 2003 - Two Canadian Soldiers of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Sergeant Robert Alan Short and Corporal Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger, were killed in a landmine incident along a road regularly used by Canadian patrols leaving Camp Julien. The mines are believed to have been placed along the road two hours before the patrol.[12]
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Modern German Gefreiter insignia Gefreiter is the German equivalent for Private (OR-2) (US Army E-2) in the armed services. ...
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Camp Julien is the main base for the Canadian contingent of ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan. ...
- January 27, 2004 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Jamie Brendan Murphy of the Royal Canadian Regiment was killed in a suicide bombing while on patrol in a Iltis jeep.[13]
- January 28, 2004 - British soldier Private Jonathan Kitulagoda was killed in a suicide attack near the Kabul military base which injured four other UK soldiers.[14]
- May 23, 2004 - Norwegian Army soldier Tommy Rødningsby, 29, was killed in an RPG attack in Kabul.[15]
- September 20, 2004 - Three US-Servicemen of Third Special Forces Group were killed in hostile action in Paktika Province.
- October 3, 2004 - An Italian soldier, Giovanni Bruno, 23, from the "Susa" battalion (Third Alpini Regiment of the Alpine Brigade Taurinense) was killed and four others injured when their Puma 6x6 armored vehicle overturned near Kabul.
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- June 28, 2005 - 16 American soldiers from U.S. Special Operations Forces died when the MH-47 Chinook helicopter there were flying on was shot down by militants with a rocket propelled grenade in Asadabad, Afghanistan. The soldiers were en route to assist the SEALs involved in Operation Red Wing[16]. SEAL and other US Special Operations forces killed 200 or more Taliban and Al Qaida forces during the operation.
- August 18, 2005 - Roadside bomb kills two American soldiers, Lt. Laura M. Walker, 24, of Texas and Sgt. Robert G. Davis, 23, of Jackson, Mo, from Fort Lewis in Delak, Afghanistan. [17].
- August 21, 2005 - Four American soldiers were killed and three soldiers wounded when their armored Humvee convoy was attacked by a remote control bomb planted on a bridge in Zabul Province [18].
- October 29, 2005 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood, was killed when his convoy was ambushed, five other soldiers were injured. [19]
- November 14, 2005 - A German soldier, Lt. Col. Armin Franz, was killed and three others badly wounded in a suicide bomb blast.
- November 18, 2005 - One Portuguese soldier, Sgt. João Paulo Roma Pereira, was killed and two others wounded in an explosion in Kabul.
- November 24, 2005 - A Canadian Soldier, Private Braun Scott Woodfield of the Royal Canadian Regiment, died in a LAV III rollover on the main highway between Camp Julien and Kandahar.
- November 25, 2005 - A Swedish Special Forces soldier, Jesper Lindblom, 28, was killed and two others were wounded in an IED attack on a Swedish convoy.
- December 9, 2005 - A Swedish Special Forces soldier, Tomas Bergkvist, 30, died in hospital from the wounds he sustained in the IED attack of November 25 after two weeks in coma.
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The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
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- March 2, 2006 - Two Canadian soldiers, Master Corporal Timothy Wilson and Corporal Paul Davis Bridgewater both of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died in a vehicular accident involving a LAV III and a local taxi. Five others also injured. [20]
- March 22, 2006 - A British Soldier, Corporal Mark Cridge, committed suicide at Camp Bastion in Helmand province. [21]
- March 27, 2006 - A British Soldier, Lance Corporal Peter Craddock, died in a motor vehicle accident when his Land Rover hit a tractor. [22]
- March 29, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Private Robert Costall of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed by friendly fire from American Special Forces while defending a coalition outpost outside Kandahar from Taliban insurgents. [23]
- April 22, 2006 - Four Canadian soldiers, Lieutenant William Turner, Corporal Matthew Dinning, Corporal Randy Payne, and Bombardier Myles Mansell, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to their armoured G-Wagon vehicle. Two of the soldiers were members of Canada's regular army and the other two were reservists. [24]
- May 5, 2006 - Two Italian soldiers were killed and 3 others wounded in an IED attack on their convoy in Kabul.[25] [26].[citation needed]
- May 5, 2006 - A US helicopter crashes in Kunar province during an anti-Taliban operation. The crash kills all 10 US soldiers on board, but the crash was said not to have been caused by enemy fire according to the US Military. Several Hundred Taliban fighters were confirmed killed during the offensive, according to a NATO spokesman.
- May 17, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Captain Nichola Goddard, a forward observation officer from the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, was killed when her LAV III was attacked with rocket propelled grenade fire, while supporting the combat operations of the Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the Panjwae District of Khandahar. She is the first Canadian female soldier to die in a combat role.
- June 11, 2006 - A British soldier, Captain Jim Philippson, was killed during a firefight against suspected Taliban forces, with two other soldiers seriously injured. [27]
- June 27, 2006 - A British soldier, Captain David Patten, and a British Royal Marine, Sergeant Paul Bartlett, were killed in gun battle after raid to capture four Taliban members. [28]
- July 1, 2006 - Two British soldiers, Corporal Peter Thorpe and Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi, were killed when rocket-propelled grenade hit government compound. An Afghan interpreter was also killed. [29]
- July 5, 2006 - A British soldier, Private Damien Jackson, was killed in firefight with Taliban during operation to clear helicopter landing site. [30]
- July 9, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Anthony Boneca of the The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, was killed during combat operations against Taliban insurgents. [31]
- July 22, 2006 - Two Canadian soldiers, Corporal Francisco Gomez of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Corporal Jason Patrick Warren of The Black Watch of Canada, were killed and eight others wounded when their Bison armoured vehicle is attacked by a suicide bomber. [32]
- August 1, 2006 - Three British soldiers, Captain Alex Eida, 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Johnson and Lance Corporal Ross Nicholls, were killed when their patrol was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns. [33]
- August 3, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Christopher Jonathan Reid of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed by a roadside bomb while in a LAV III. [34]
- August 3, 2006 - Three Canadian Soldiers, Sergeant Vaughn Ingram, Corporal Bryce Jeffrey Keller and Private Kevin Dallaire, were kille and nine others wounded, during a RPG attack by insurgents. [35]
- August 5, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Master Corporal Raymond Arndt of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, was killed in vehicular accident when a G-wagon collided head-on with a local civilian truck. 3 others were also injured. [36]
- August 6, 2006 - A British soldier, Private Andrew Cutts, was killed when he and fellow soldiers came under significant fire during a large-scale operation in Helmand province. [37]
- August 9, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Master Corporal Jeff Walsh, 33, was shot to death by a fellow soldier during a patrol in a G-wagon armoured vehicle on an Afghan highway. A military trial on charges of manslaughter and negligent performance of duty is pending.[38]
- August 9, 2006 - A British soldier, Private Leigh Reeves, was killed in a motor vehicle accident at Camp Souter near Kabul, nobody else was injured. [39]
- August 11, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Andrew James Eykelenboom of the 1 Field Ambulance, was killed by a suicide bomber while on a NATO patrol in a G-wagon light utility vehicle. [40]
- August 12, 2006 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Sean Tansey, was killed in an accident while he repaired a damaged tank. [41]
- August 20, 2006 - A British soldier, Corporal Bryan Budd, was killed when he single-handedly stormed a Taliban position in the process he saved seven of his comrads. He was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his actions. [42]
- August 22, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal David Braun of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed by a suicide bomber in Southern Afghanistan. [43]
- August 24, 2006 - Two members of French Special Forces were killed in hostile action
- August 27, 2006 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Jonathan Hetherington, was killed while fighting rebels during an assault on his platoon house. [44]
- September 1, 2006 - Two British soldiers, Ranger Anare Draiva and Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead, died as a result of an attack on the British base at Musa Quala. Anare Draiva died in the attack, Paul Muirhead was seriously injured and died as a result of his wounds on September 6th. [45]
- September 2, 2006 - 14 British servicemen were killed when an RAF Nimrod MR2, serving with the multinational NATO force, came down 12 miles west of Kandahar in the south of the country due to a technical malfunction. Amongst the dead were 12 RAF personnel from RAF Kinloss, one Royal Marine and an Army soldier. The 12 RAF personnel were named as: Flt Lt Steven Johnson, Flt Lt Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore, Flt Lt Gareth Rodney Nicholas, Flt Lt Allan James Squires, Flt Lt Steven Swarbrick, Flight Sgt Gary Wayne Andrews, Flight Sgt Stephen Beattie, Flight Sgt Gerard Martin Bell, Flight Sgt Adrian Davis, Sgt Benjamin James Knight, Sgt John Joseph Langton and Sgt Gary Paul Quilliam. The soldier who died was Lance Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts from the Parachute Regiment. The Royal Marine was named as Joseph David Windall.
- September 3, 2006 - Four Canadian Soldiers, Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish, Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan, Private William Jonathon James Cushley all of the Royal Canadian Regiment and Sergeant Shane Stachnik of the 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, were killed during Operation Medusa while fighting with Taliban insurgents in Panjwai district west of Kandahar. [46]
- September 4, 2006 - A British Soldier, Private Craig O'Donnell, was killed in a suicide bomber attack which also killed 4 Afghan civilians. [47]
- September 4, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Private Mark Anthony Graham of the Royal Canadian Regiment, was killed by U.S. A-10 attack aircraft in a friendly fire incident. [48]
- September 6, 2006 - A British Soldier, Corporal Mark Wright, died attempting to save the life of a fellow paratrooper when their patrol encountered an unmarked minefield. [49]
- September 6, 2006 - A British Soldier, Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch, was killed in a Taliban attack on his patrol, which left three other soldiers injured. [50]
- September 18, 2006 - Four Canadian Soldiers, Corporal Shane Keating, Corporal Keith Morley, and Private David Byers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Corporal Glen Arnold of the 2 Field Ambulance, were killed and several others wounded, during an attack on their foot patrol by a suicide bomber riding a bicycle in Panjwai district, west of Kandahar. [51]
- September 20, 2006 - An Italian soldier, Alpini Corporal Giuseppe Orlando, 28, was killed and two others injured when their Puma armored vehicle overturned.
- September 29, 2006 - A Canadian soldier, Private Josh Klukie of the Royal Canadian Regiment was killed by an IED blast while on a foot patrol in Panjwai District. [52]
- October 3, 2006 - Two Canadian Soldiers, Sergeant Craig Paul Gillam and Corporal Robert Thomas James Mitchell of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, were killed when attacked while working on road construction project west of Kandahar. [53]
- October 7, 2006 - A Canadian Soldier, Trooper Mark Andrew Wilson of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, was killed by an IED blast while riding in a Nyala armoured patrol vehicle west of Kandahar. [54]
- October 14, 2006 - Two Canadian Soldiers, Sergeant Darcy Tedford and Private Blake Williamson both of the Royal Canadian Regiment, were killed in an ambush in southern Kandahar. [55]
- October 19, 2006 - A British Royal Marine, Marine Gary Wright, was killed in a suicide bombing of his convoy. [56]
- November 25, 2006 - An American National Guard officer, Lt. Scott B. Lundell, was killed in a firefight against Taliban rebels with small arms and rocket propelled grenades.
- November 27, 2006 - Two Canadian soldiers, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard and Corporal Albert Storm, were killed after a suicide car-bomber attacked a convoy of troops on the outskirts of Kandahar city. The two soldiers were in a Bison eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier that had left Kandahar airfield minutes earlier when the civilian vehicle drove alongside and detonated explosives. [57]
- November 28, 2006 - Two American soldiers, CPL Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, of Phelan, Calif. and SSG Michael A. Shank, 31, of Bonham, Texas, members of the 2nd Plt Blacksheep of the 230th MP Co. were killed when a bomb blew up near their vehicle while on maneuvers in Logar, Afghanistan.[58]
- December 5, 2006 - A British Royal Marine, Jonathan Wigley, was killed and a second injured in a battle with Taliban fighters around Garmser in southern Afghanistan.[59]
- December 12, 2006 - A British Royal Marine, Richard Watson, was killed by small arms fire in a battle with Taliban fighters around Now Zad Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.[60]
- December 27, 2006 - A British soldier of the Royal Artillery 29 Commando Regiment, Lance Bombardier James Dwyer, was killed when his vehicle hit an anti-tank mine during a mission in the desert south of Garmsir, Helmand Province.[61]
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January – June - January 13, 2007 - A British Marine, Marine Thomas Curry, was shot and killed during a mission to clear Taliban positions. [62]
- January 15, 2007 - A British Marine, Lance Corporal Mathew Ford, was killed while taking part in an attack on an insurgent base in Helmand province. [63]
- February 4, 2007 - A British Marine, Marine Scott Summers, was fatally wounded in a traffic accident while driving a Pinzgauer vehicle in a convoy when the accident occurred on 4 February. After initial treatment flown back to UK, where he died on the 21st of February. [64]
- February 21, 2007 - A British Marine, Marine Jonathan Holland, died of injuries sustained from a landmine during a patrol in the Sangin Valley. [65]
- February 27, 2007 - A South Korean Soldier, Sergeant Yoon Jang-ho, was killed in a suicide bomb attack at Bagram Air Base. [66]
- March 3, 2007 - Two British soldiers, Lance Bombardier Liam McLaughlin and Lance Bombardier Ross Clark, were killed in a rocket attack. [67]
- March 6, 2007 - A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 25 year-old reservist Corporal Kevin Megeney, was shot in the chest in his tent in a non-combat context. [68]
- March 6, 2007 - A British Marine, Marine Benjamin Reddy, was killed when his unit came under fire during a "clearance" operation. [69]
- March 8, 2007 - A British Soldier, Warrent Officer 2nd Class Michael Smith, was killed in a grenade attack on the UK base in Sangin. [70]
- April 6, 2007 - A Dutch soldier was accidentally killed when a Patria armoured vehicle overturned at a river crossing near Tarin Kowt, crushing him under the vehicle. Robert Donkers, 33, was from Kerkrade.[71]
- April 8, 2007 - Six Canadian soldiers were killed when their LAV III armoured vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device about 75 kilometres west of Kandahar city along the boundary between Kandahar province and Helmand province. The six killed in action include: Sergeant Donald Lucas, 31, Corporal Aaron Williams, 23, and Private David Robert Greenslade, 20, were all from New Brunswick. Private Kevin Vincent Kennedy, 20, was from Newfoundland-Labrador, and Corporal Brent Poland, 37, was from Sarnia, Ontario all of the aforementioned served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, Corporal Paul Stannix, 24, was a reservist from Nova Scotia serving with the Princess Louise Fusiliers.[72][73]
- April 8, 2007 - A roadside bomb killed one NATO soldier and wounded two others Sunday in southern Afghanistan. NATO's International Security Assistance Force has declined to give further details about the victims or where the attack took place.[74][75]
- April 11, 2007 - Two Canadian soldiers were killed when their light-armoured Coyote vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device about 38 kilometres west of Kandahar's city limits. Master Corporal Allan Stewart, 30, and Trooper Patrick James Pentland, 23, were from New Brunswick. Both were members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons.[76][77]
- April 11, 2007 - An American soldier Edelman L. Hernandez, 23, drowned when he fell into the Korengal River in Afghanistan during a combat patrol.[78][79]
- April 12, 2007 - Two ISAF soldiers were killed and one injured during two separate improvised explosive attacks in eastern Afghanistan. The two ISAF convoys were approximately eight kilometers apart and the strikes occurred within 30 minutes of each other. US soldiers Casey D. Combs, 28, and David A. Stephens, 28, died when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Miri, Afghanistan.[80][81]
- April 13, 2007 - A British soldier, Private Chris Gray, 19, was killed in a firefight near the town of Now Zad in Helmand province. [82][83][84]
- April 18, 2007 - A Canadian special forces soldier, Master Corporal Anthony Klumpenhouwer, died in an accidental fall from a communications tower. The military did not give the precise time or location of the death, saying only that he was working in Kandahar city.[85]
- April 20, 2007 - A member of a Dutch dismounted patrol, Cor Strik, 21, from Tiger Company, a Dutch airborne infantry unit, was killed by a landmine less than two kilometres from Forward Operating Base Robinson in the Sangin River valley.[86]
- April 20, 2007 - A U.S. Army Paratrooper, SGT Alexander Van Alten of the 4th BCT, 82nd Airborne, died in an explosion that rocked the Forward Operating Base Robinson compound when a convoy responding to the first incident detonated another mine. Both of the explosions were said to have likely been caused by anti-tank mines.[87]
- April 27, 2007 - A US soldier, Michael D. Thomas, 34, was killed in engagements near the village of Parmakan in Zerkoh Valley, Herat province, Afghanistan. [88][89][90][91]
- April 27, 2007 - An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) servicemember was found dead in his barracks room around 4 p.m. US soldier, Daniel F. Mehringer, 20, died in Bagram of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident.[92][93][94]
- April 28, 2007 - An American (ISAF) soldier, Corporal Jeremy Greene, 24, was fatally wounded by a weapon that discharged while being cleaned by a group of soldiers at Forward Operating Base Tillman near Lawara, Afghanistan.[95][96][97]
- May 3, 2007 - A British soldier, Guardsman Simon Davison, 22, was killed by small arms fire while manning a checkpoint near the town of Garmsir in Helmand province.[98][99][100][101]
- May 3, 2007 - A Danish soldier, 1st Lieutenant Steen Rønn Sørensen, 24, died of his injuries in Denmark's first combat death in Afghanistan. He had been shot in the neck Sunday April 29 when Danish troops were attacked near Camp Bastion in the southern Helmand province. [102][103][104]
- May 3, 2007 - A U.S. soldier, Joseph G. Harris, 19, from Sugar Land was killed by enemy fire while on guard duty at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Afghanistan.[105]
- May 7, 2007 - A 28-year-old Czech ISAF soldier died in a mudslide that hit his vehicle some 30 kilometres southeast of the seat of the reconstruction team of ISAF multinational forces in Faizabad, north Afghanistan.[106][107]
- May 19, 2007 - 3 German soldiers and a number of afghan civilians were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kunduz province, Northern Afghanistan. 2 German soldiers were also wounded along with a dozen locals.[108]
- May 20, a British soldier, Lance Corporal George Russell Davey, 23, was killed by an accidental weapon discharge at his base in Sangin.[109]
- May 23 a Finnish ISAF soldier, Petri Tapio Immonen, 29, was killed in a bomb blast that took place near NATO's ISAF-base located in Maimana. 2 Norwegian soldiers were wounded in the attack.[110][111]
- May 25, 2007 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Matthew McCully, 25, was killed when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on a joint Afghan-Canadian patrol near a village west of Kandahar City. Another Canadian soldier and an Afghan translator were also injured in the blast that occurred in the early moments of Operation Hoover, an offensive aimed at flushing out Taliban insurgents from the Zhari district.[112][113]
- May 26, 2007 - A British soldier, Guardsman Daniel Probyn, 22, was killed and four wounded in an explosion in an offensive operation to clear a Taliban-occupied compound on the outskirts of Garmser, in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.[114][115]
- May 27, 2007 - A Spanish ISAF soldier, Juan Antonio Abril Sánchez, 31, died while on patrol when the VAMTAC all-terrain vehicle in which he was travelling overturned accidentally in the Qades district of Bagdhis province, around 25 km north of the Spanish provincial construction team base (PRT) in Qala i Naw.[116]
- May 28, 2007 - A British soldier, Corporal Darren Bonner, 31, was killed by an explosion while on patrol.[117]
- May 30, 2007 - A U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down in southern Afghanistan. Five Americans, Chief Warrant Officer Joshua R. Rodgers, Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Allgaier, Staff Sergeant Charlie L. Bagwell, Sergeant Jesse A. Blamires, Sergeant Brandon E. Hadaway, along with a Canadian, Master Corporal Darrell Jason Priede, 30, and a British soldier, Corporal Mike Gilyeat, 28, died. [118][119][120][121] The helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade. The incident occurred in the Kajaki region of southern Helmand province, where Afghan and NATO forces are trying to neutralize Taliban guerrillas and complete an important hydroelectric project.
- June 1, 2007 - A US officer, Lt. Col. Michael A. Robinson, 42, died in Kabul. His death is under investigation. [122]
- June 1, 2007 - A US soldier, Charles R. Browning, 31, was killed in Mehtar Lam, Laghman province of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy.US DoD[123]
- June 2, 2007 - An American soldier, Spc. Jacob M. Lowell, 22, of New Lenox, Ill, was killed in Gowardesh when his unit came in contact with enemy force using small arms and RPGs.US DoD
- June 5, 2007 - An American soldier, Pfc. Timothy R. Vimoto, 19, of Fort Campbell, Ky, died from injuries sustained by small arms fire in Korengal Valley.[124]
- June 6, 2007 - An American soldier, Charles E. Wyckoff Jr., 28, died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Helmand province.[125]
- June 6, 2007 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Paul Sandford, 23, from 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, died in a firefight in the Upper Gereshk Valley area of Helmand province, eight kilometres north east of the town of Gereshk.[126][127][128][129]
- June 9, 2007 - A British soldier, Guardsman Neil Downes, 20, was killed and four others were wounded in an IED attack followed by a firefight outside of Sangin.[130][131]
- June 11, 2007 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Trooper Darryl Caswell, 25, of the Royal Canadian Dragoons based in Petawawa, Ontario, was killed when his light-armoured Coyote vehicle hit an improvised explosive device 40 km north of Kandahar. Two fellow soldiers received non-life threatening injuries. [132][133]
- June 15, 2007 - A Dutch ISAF soldier, Timo Smeehuijzen, 20, was killed by a suicide car bombing in Tirin Kot in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. The car was driven out of a side street and detonated near a Dutch armoured car in a NATO convoy, also killing four Afghan men and five children.[134][135]
- June 15, 2007 - An American soldier, Arthur L. Lilley, 35, was killed in combat in Paktika province, in eastern Afghanistan. American forces make up the bulk of coalition troops in the area.[136][137]
- June 16, 2007 - A US-led coalition soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by an RPG while on combat operations in Uruzgan province. Three Afghan soldiers were also wounded in the engagement. The nationality and identity of the soldier has not yet been released but could correspond with the change in the number of American deaths reported between June 9 and June 16th. [138][139][140][141]
- June 17, 2007 - 3 American soldiers and their Afghan interpreter are killed by a roadside bomb in the south of the country.[142]
- June 15, 2007 - A Dutch soldier, Jos Leunissen, 44, was killed and three others wounded in an accident while fighting Taliban soldiers near the town of Chora. The soldier was apparently killed by one of the Dutch mortar grenades that were fired by his own unit but exploded sooner than expected.[143]
- June 20, 2007 - 3 Canadian soldiers, Corporal Stephen Frederick Bouzane, 26, Private Joel Vincent Wiebe, 22, and Sergeant Christos Karigiannis, 31, were killed when their open-topped vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb at around 8 a.m. local time while ferrying supplies between checkpoints. The explosion happened about six kilometres west of Sperwan Ghar, a hilltop outpost southwest of Kandahar city in the Panjwai district.[144][145]
- June 23, 2007 - 2 Estonian soldiers, Kalle Torn, 24, and Jako Karuks, 33, were killed while on a mine clearing mission near Sangin by a 107-mm missile attack that also injured four other soldiers.[146][147]
- June 24, 2007 - A British soldier, Drummer Thomas Wright, 26, was killed and four others wounded when their Land Rover WMIK was hit by a roadside bomb in the Babaji area near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.[148][149]
- June 30, 2007 - A British soldier, Captain Sean Dolan, 40, was killed by a mortar round in a clash with Taliban fighters near the village of Qaleh-e-Gaz, near Sangin in Helmand province.[150][151][152]
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July – December - July 1, 2007 - A British soldier, Sergeant Dave Wilkinson, 33, was killed when his vehicle was blown up in a massive enemy ambush as a British patrol left a base in the town of Gareshk, in the southern Helmand province.[153][154]
- July 4, 2007 - 6 Canadian soldiers, Corporal Jordan Anderson, 25, Corporal Cole Bartsch, 23, Corporal Colin Bason, 28, Captain Matthew Dawe, 27, Captain Jefferson Francis, 25, Private Lane Watkins, 20, and an Afghan interpreter riding in an RG-31 Nyala armoured vehicle were killed by a powerful roadside bomb in the Panjwai area southwest of Kandahar.[155][156][157]
- July 12, 2007 - A British soldier, Guardsman Daryl Hickey, 27, died of gunshot wounds received while his unit was providing covering fire for an assault on a Taliban position near Gereshk in Helmand province.[158]
- July 13, 2007 - A Dutch soldier, Tom Krist, 24, died in hospital of the wounds he sustained three days earlier in a suicide bomb attack in Deh Rawod, Uruzgan province on July 10.[159]
- July 23, 2007 - Six NATO forces died in various attacks, including a roadside bombing in the eastern part of the country that claimed four lives. Of the soldiers' nationalities only that of a Norwegian has been released.
- July 23, 2007 - Norwegian Army Ranger Command lieutenant Tor Arne Lau-Henriksen, 33, was killed in a short and intense close quarters engagement between a Norwegian special forces reconnaissance patrol and hostile fighters in Lowgar Province.[160] [161]
- July 25, 2007 - A French soldier, Pascal Correia, 40, was killed in a rocket attack on Afghan army quarters southwest of Kabul in the province of Warduk where he was training a unit of the Afghan army.[162]
- July 25, 2007 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Alex Hawkins, 22, died in an explosion while travelling in a Vector patrol vehicle on the outskirts of Sangin in Helmand province.[163]
- July 26, 2007 - A British soldier, Guardsman David Atherton, 25, was shot after firing an anti-tank missile at suspected Taliban militants.[164]
- July 27, 2007 - A British soldier, Sergeant Barry Keen, 34, was fatally wounded when a single mortar round landed next to him near the village of Mirmandab in southern Afghanistan.[165]
- July 29, 2007 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Michael Jones, 26, was killed during a special operation against the Taleban in southern Afghanistan. He was the 68th member of the British armed forces to die in Afghanistan since the UK joined the US-led invasion.[166][167]
- July 31, 2007 - An American officer, 1st Lt. Benjamin J. Hall, 24, of Virginia, died in Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.[168]
- August 10, 2007 - A British soldier, Private Tony Rawson, 27, was killed in a firefight near the southern town of Sangin when his patrol was attacked by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades.[169]
- August 11, 2007 - A British soldier, Captain David Hicks, was killed when his patrol base was attacked by small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades and indirect fire. Five others injured. [170]
- August 14, 2007 - A Polish, soldier, Lukasz Kurowski, 28, was killed in an exchange of fire some 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of a base in the city of Gardez.[171]
- August 15, 2007 - Three German police officers were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was blown up by an IED on a road to Jalalabad, not far from Kabul.[172]
- August 19, 2007 - A Canadian soldier, Private Simon Longtin, 23, was killed after the LAV III armoured vehicle he was travelling in struck an improvised explosive device(IED) roughly 20 kilometres west of Kandahar City on a well-travelled supply route.[173]
- August 22, 2007 - Two Canadian soldiers, Master Corporal Christian Duchesne, 34, and Master Warrent Officer Mario Mercier, 43, and an Afghan interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in the Zhari district about 50 km west of Kandahar. A third soldier and two journalists were also injured in the blast that hit their LAV III armoured vehicle. They were part of a patrol that was returning from a combat mission in which a strategic hill near the town of Mas'um Ghar was seized from the Taliban following fierce battle.[174][175]
- August 23, 2007 - Three British soldiers, Private Aaron McClure, 19, Private Robert Foster, 19, and Private John Thrumble, 21, were killed by American "friendly fire" in an area north-west of Kajaki, Helmand Province. A bomb apparently dropped by an American F15 fighter jet called in for air support killed them and seriously wounded two other British soldiers.[176][177]
- August 23, 2007 - A French soldier, Stéphane Rieu, 30, was killed when his light-armoured vehicle overturned on a road near Shakar Darreh.[178]
- August 26, 2007 - A Dutch ISAF soldier, Martijn Rosier, 30, was killed by a roadside improvised explosive device near the town of Deh Rawod in southern Uruzgan province.[179][180]
- August 29, 2007 - A Canadian soldier, Major Raymond Ruckpaul, 41, died of a gunshot wound about an hour after he was found injured in his room at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul. An investigation concluded his death from a gunshot wound was a suicide.[181][182]
- August 30, 2007 - A British soldier, Senior Aircraftman Christopher Bridge, 20, and an interpreter died after their routine patrol at Kandahar airfield was struck by an explosion.[183][184]
- September 5, 2007 - Two British soldiers, Private Ben Ford, 18, the youngest British soldier to die in Afghanistan so far, and Private Damian Wright, 23, were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb during a routine patrol 8 miles north of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. A third soldier and a civilian interpreter were wounded in the blast.[185][186]
- September 6, 2007 - A Romanian soldier, Aurel Marcu, 31, was killed and several others injured when their armored transport vehicle hit a roadside bomb while on patrol in the southern province of Zabul.[187][188]
- September 6, 2007 - A second NATO soldier, name and nationality as yet unreleased, was killed in another explosion in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, September 6, 2007.[189][190][191]
- September 6, 2007 - An American soldier, Mykel F. Miller, 19, died of wounds suffered while his unit was engaged in combat in Zabul Province.[192]
- September 8, 2007 - Two British soldiers, Sergeant Craig Brelsford, 25, and Private Johan Botha, 25, were killed in a heavy firefight in Helmand province. [193][194]
- September 8, 2007 - A German soldier, name unreleased, was found dead at his barracks in Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan.[195]
- September 17, 2007 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Ivano Violino, 29, died after the Army dump trunk he was commanding was hit by an explosion in Helmand province.[196][197][198]
- September 20, 2007 - A Dutch soldier, Tim Hoogland, 21, was killed about 5 km north of the town of Deh Rawod in western Uruzgan province when his patrol came under mortar fire.[199][200]
- September 20, 2007 - Two British soldiers, Colour Sergeant Phillip Newman, 36, and Private Brian Tunnicliffe, 33, were killed in a road accident when their vehicle went off the road and overturned in Gereshk, Helmand province. They were part of a two-vehicle "replenishment patrol" to resupply troops taking part in a 2,500-soldier operation aimed at forcing the Taliban out of the upper Gereshk valley.[201]
- September 21, 2007 - A French soldier, Laurent Pican, 34, was killed in a suicide car bomb attack against a French military convoy in the western part of the capital, Kabul.[202][203]
- September 23, 2007 - An American soldier, Matthew D. Blaskowski, 27, was killed in a small arms fire attack in eastern Afghanistan.[204]
- September 24, 2007 - Two Spanish soldiers, Stanley Mera Vera, 20, and Germán Pérez Burgos, 33, and an interpreter were killed in a roadside bombing in Shewan, Farah province. Six others were injured, two of them seriously.[205]
- September 24, 2007 - A Canadian soldier, Corporal Nathan Hornburg, 24, a reservist, was killed and four others wounded in a mortar attack while fixing the track on a Leopard tank approximately 47 km west of Kandahar City in the Panjwai district.[206]
- September 26, 2007 - Two Danish ISAF soldiers, Mikkel Keil Sørensen, 24 and Thorbjørn Ole Reese, 22, were killed and another wounded when their base was attacked for several hours in the Upper Gereshk Valley of Helmand province. An investigation is underway to determine whether they were killed by "friendly fire".[207][208][209]
- October 4, 2007 - An Italian intelligence agent, Lorenzo D'Auria, 33, died of wounds sustained during a September 27 rescue operation by ISAF/Coalition troops. On September 26, D'Auria and a compatriot were kidnapped in Herat Province.[210].
- October 4, 2007- A British officer, Major Alexis Roberts, 32, was killed in a roadside bombing west of Kandahar, making him the highest-ranking British officer to die in Afghanistan since operations started nearly six years ago.[211]
- October 8, 2007 - An Australian soldier, David Pearce, 41, was killed in a roadside bombing in Uruzgan province.[212]
- October 16, 2007 - A Danish officer, Major Anders Storrud, 34, died in Helmand province of wounds sustained in mortar attack the previous day.[213]
- October 25, 2007 - An Australian Special Air Service Regiment sergeant, Matthew Locke, was killed by a shot to the chest while leading a foot patrol in pursuit of Taliban fighters on the first day of an operation to clear them out of the Chora Valley in Uruzgan province. He was the third Australian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.[214][215][216]
- November 3, 2007 - During operation "Spin Ghar" a Dutch corporal, Ronald Groen, 21, was killed, two others were injured. Their armoured Fennek reconnaissance vehicle hit an IED (improvised explosive device), 5 miles north-east of their base in Poentjak Uruzgan province. [217]
- November 8, 2007 - Norwegian Home Guard soldier Kristoffer Sørli Jørgensen, 22, was killed and one other soldier, 20, severely wounded when the unarmoured Toyota Landcruiser they were driving was hit by an IED near the Norwegian base at Maymana. Both were from the town of Stange in Norway.[218] [219]
- November 9, 2007 - Five US Army soldiers died of wounds sustained when their footpatrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces in Aranus, Afghanistan, on Nov 9. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy. Killed were 1st Lt. Matthew C. Ferrara, 24, of Torrance, Calif. and Spc. Sean K. A. Langevin, 23, of Walnut Creek, Calif. who died Nov 9 and Sgt. Jeffery S. Mersman, 23, of Parker, Kan., Spc. Lester G. Roque, 23, of Torrance, Calif. and Pfc. Joseph M. Lancour, 21, of Swartz Creek, Mich., who died Nov 10. [220]And one Marine Sgt. Phillip A. Bocks, 28, of Troy, Mich., died . He was assigned to Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.[221]
- November 9, 2007 - A British soldier, Lance Corporal Jake Alderton, 22, died after the vehicle he was travelling in rolled off a bridge near the town of Sangin in Helmand province. Another soldier and an interpreter were injured. No enemey action was involved.[222]
- November 10, 2007 - Staff Sgt. Patrick F. Kutschbach, 25, of McKees Rocks, Pa., died Nov. 10 in Bagram, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered in Tagab, Afghanistan, when his vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart, Germany.[223]
- November 12, 2007 - Two American soldiers, Capt. David A. Boris, 30, of Pottsville, Pa., and Sgt. Adrian E. Hike, 26, of Callender, Iowa, were killed Monday near Bermel in eastern Afghanistan when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Both were members of 1-91’s Troop A deployed out of Schweinfurt, Germany. Boris, a 1999 West Point graduate. Boris and Hike were the fourth and fifth members of 1-91 killed since the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, of which the squadron is a part, deployed on a 15-month assignment in May.[224]
- November 13, 2007 - 2nd Lt. Stuart F. Liles[225], 26, of Hot Springs, Ark., died Nov. 13 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. The incident is under investigation.[226][227][228]
- November 14, 2007 - A British soldier, Captain John McDermid, 43, was killed by an improvised explosive device while leading a joint UK and Afghan army operation in Sangin, Helmand province.[229][230]
- November 17, 2007 - Two Canadian soldiers, Corporal Nicholas Raymond Beauchamp, 28, and Private Michel Levesque, 25, and an Afghan interpreter were killed in the volative Zhari district when their light armoured vehicle, or LAV, hit a roadside bomb on a narrow road about 40 kilometres west of Kandahar city just after midnight. Three other soldiers in the vehicle were also wounded. They had been involved in a "targeted security operation".[231][232]
- November 23, 2007 - An Australian, Private Luke Worsley, 26, a commando from the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando), was killed in a raid on a Taliban IED factory 10 kilometres east of Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan. There were no other Australians killed or wounded.[233]
- November 24, 2007 - An Italian soldier, Daniele Paladini, 35, and six civilians were killed when a bomber who had strapped explosives around his body detonated himself near the troops' convoy in Kabul's western Paghman district. The suicide attack also injured three other Italian soldiers and nine civilians.[234]
- November 24, 2007 - A Portuguese soldier, Sergio Pedrosa, 22, died at a military hospital in Khost, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his Humvee accidentally rolled over during an overnight convoy in southern Wardak province.[235]
- November 29, 2007 - Two Danish privates, Casper Alexander Cramer, 21, and Mark Visholm, 22, were killed in hostile actions in the Helmand Green Zone. The two privates were a part of the Danish light recce squadron which were securing the perimeter of a bridge construction site. During an hour long firefight the two privates were fatally wounded.[236] [237]
- December 4, 2007 - A British soldier, Trooper Jack Sadler, 21, was killed and two British soldier injured by an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province.[238]
- December 8, 2007 - A British soldier, Sergeant Lee Johnson, 33, was killed and another soldier injured by an improvised explosive device near Musa Qal’eh, Helmand.[239]
- December 9, 2007 - An American soldier, Cpl. Tanner J. O’Leary, 23, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Musa Qal’eh. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C..[240][241]
- December 11, 2007 - An American soldier, Staff Sgt. Gregory L. Elam, 39, died Dec. 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 54th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).[242]
- December 12, 2007 - Two American soldiers, Staff Sgt. Michael J. Gabel, 30, and Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney, 25, died Dec. 12 at Forward Operating Base Curry in Afghanistan from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy.[243]
- December 24, 2007 - An American soldier, Senior Airman Nicholas D. Eischen, 24, died Dec. 24 in Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base.[244]
- December 30, 2007 - A Canadian soldier, Gunner Jonathan Dion, 27, was killed and four other soldiers injured when their LAV light armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb shortly after 9 a.m. as they left a forward operating base in the Zhari district for the Kandahar Air Field to spend the New Year's. Even as the roadside bomb exploded, other Canadian soldiers were executing Operation Winter Storm Sunday, searching villages for Taliban fighters. Jonathan Dion was the 30th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan in 2007 and the 74th since Canada's involvement in 2002.[245]
- December 31, 2007 - An American soldier, Pfc. Brian L. Gorham, 21, died Dec. 31 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered on December 12 in Afghanistan when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. [246]
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- January 2, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. Shawn F. Hill, 37, died Jan. 2 in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, Rock Hill, South Carolina.[247]
- January 6, 2008 - Two Canadian ISAF soldiers, Eric Labbe, 31, and Hani Massouh, 41, were killed when their LAV III light armoured vehicle rolled over in wet, rough terrain near Kandahar City in an accident that did not involve enemy fire. They had been part of operation Teng Azem, or "Steadfast Decision," an offensive aimed at flushing out insurgents around the nearby community of Nalgham, about 40 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.[248][249]
- January 7, 2008 - Two American soldiers, Maj. Michael L. Green, 36, who died in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan and Sgt. James K. Healy, 25, who died at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan. Maj. Green was assigned to Headquarters, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany. Sgt. Healy was assigned to the 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Fort Knox, Ky. Their fatal injuries were incurred when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan. [250]
- January 9, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. David J. Drakulich, 22, died Jan. 9 in Chagali, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[251]
- January 11, 2008 - An American soldier, LtCol Richard J. Berrettini, 52, died Jan. 11 in San Antonio of wounds suffered on Jan. 2 in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment, Erie Clinic, Erie, Pennsylvania.[252]
- January 12, 2008 - Two Dutch soldiers of ISAF, Wesley Schol, 20, and Cpl. Aldert Poortema, 22, died at Deh Rawod, Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 44 Pantserinfanteriebataljon, Johannes Postkazerne, Havelte. Another was wounded, and could lose both legs. This was caused by friendly fire. [253][254]
- January 15, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Richard Renaud, 26, was killed when the Coyote light-armoured vehicle he was riding in hit an improvised explosive device about 10 kilometres north of Kandahar city while on a reconnaissance mission in the restive Arghandab region. [255]
- January 20, 2008 - A British ISAF soldier, Darryl Gardiner, 25, was killed and five injured in a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. The soldier, a member of the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, died when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a mine strike near the town of Musa Qala. The company were engaged in operations around two miles north east of the southern Afghan town of Musa Qala at the time of the incident. The number of British military deaths in Afghanistan since the start of operations in November 2001 now stands at 87. [256][257]
- January 23, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Étienne Gonthier, 21, was killed and two others injured when an improvised explosive device detonated under their LAV III light armoured vehicle about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city as bulldozers and troop carriers were trying to clear a safe route through Panjwai district. Canadian troops have suffered at least one casualty every week since December 30, 2007.[258][259]
- January 25, 2008 - An American soldier, Staff Sgt Robert J. Miller, 24, died in Barikowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[260]
- January 26, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Ryan Kahler, 29, died in FOB Fenty, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from small arms fire in Waygul, Afghanistan. Possible friendly fire. Afghan guard (ally) possibly mistook the soldier as an enemy combatant and engaged with small arms fire. Incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy. [261]
- February 5, 2008 - An American soldier, Staff Sgt. Donald T. Tabb, 29, died in Sangin, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 6th Military Police Detachment, 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment, Fort Rucker, Alabama.[262]
- February 13, 2008 Italian Army warrant officer Giovanni Pezzullo was killed while distributing food and clothes to civilians near Rubdar, 60 km from Kabul; another soldier suffered minor wounds.[263]
- February 17, 2008 - A British soldier, Corporal Damian Stephen Lawrence, 25, was killed by an improvised bomb in Kajaki, Helmand province while taking part in a night operation to clear the Taliban out of Kajaki, the site of an important dam.[264]
- February 20, 2008 - A British soldier, Damian Mulvihill, 32, was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in an operation to disrupt the Taleban north of Sangin in Helmand province.[265]
- February 23, 2008 - A Danish soldier, Morten Krogh Jensen, 21, died when he was accidentally shot by a member of his unit while preparing to go on a patrol at Camp Bastion in in Helmand province.[266]
- February 27, 2008 - Two Polish soldiers, Corporal Szymon Slowik, 33, and Private Hubert Kowalewski, 26, were killed when the Humveee they were travelling in struck a landmine. The incident occurred in the Sharan district of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, while they were returning to their base after a meeting with villagers.[267]
- March 2, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Michael Yuki Hayakaze, 25, was killed when his convoy driving supplies to an Afghan army outpost hit a roadside bomb roughly 45 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city, near a cluster of villages known as Mushan.[268]
- March 3, 2008 - Two American soldiers, Spc. Steven R. Koch, 23, and Sgt. Robert T. Rapp, 22, died in the Sabari District of Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during combat operations. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [269]
- March 8, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. Gabriel Guzman, 25, died at Orgun E, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Gholam Haydar Kala, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[270]
- March 11, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Jérémie Ouellet, 22, was found dead at approximately 2:15 p.m. in an accommodation room at the Kandahar Air Field. His death, which was not related to combat or enemy action, is being investigated.[271]
- March 14, 2008 - An American soldier, Staff Sgt. Collin J. Bowen, 38, died at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered Jan. 2 in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, Towson, Maryland.[272]
- March 16, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Jason Boyes, 32, died after triggering an explosion while on foot patrol near the village of Zangaband in the Panjwai district about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.[273][274]
- March 17, 2008 - Two Danish ISAF soldiers, Sonny Kappel Jakobsen, 45, and Christian Jørgen Grundt Damholt, 33, one Czech ISAF soldier, Šterba Milan, 35, an Afghan translator, and three Afghan civilians were killed by a Taliban suicide car bomb attack on a NATO military convoy in southern Afghanistan. Four other NATO soldiers were wounded in the attack that took place near the bazaar in the town of Girishk in Helmand province.[275][276]
- March 19, 2008 - An American soldier, Pfc. Antione V. Robinson, 20, died in Nawa, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the vehicle he was repairing collapsed. He was assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [277]
- March 20, 2008 - A Romanian soldier, Ionut Cosmin Sandu, 29, was killed and another injured in Zabul province when their Humvee vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device.[278]
- March 21, 2008 - An American soldier, Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr., 38, died in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.[279]
- March 22, 2008 - An American soldier, Tech. Sgt. William H. Jefferson, Jr., 34, died near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina.[280]
- March 23, 2008 - A Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham, 21, died from a non-hostile incident in Djibouti. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Portland, Oregon.[281]
- March 30, 2008 - Two British marines, Lieutenant John Thornton and Marine David Marsh, of the Royal Marines 40 Commando were killed in an explosion. The explosion happened near Kajiki in the southern Helmand province, a region of high poppy production and frequent clashes between NATO soldiers and a resurgent Taliban. [282]
- March 31, 2008 - A Danish soldier, Lance Corperal Christian Raaschou, 24, died during evac after being wounded in a Danish-British co-operation near Gereshk in the Helmand province. [283]
- April 3, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson, 27, died at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered April 2 while conducting dismounted combat operations in the Zahn Khan District, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [284]
- April 4, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF soldier, Terry John Street, 24, was killed when the armoured vehicle he was in hit an improvised explosive device in the Panjwai district west of Kandahar City in Kandahar province. [285]
- April 8, 2008- A Polish soldier, Private First Class Grzegorz Politowski, died of wounds as a result of an explosion during a patrol in Ghazni province. [286]
- April 13, 2008 - An explosion struck a vehicle carrying British troops, killing two, Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson and Senior Aircraftman Graham Livingstone, and wounding two others. The incident occurred in Kandahar Province and involved troops from Britain's Royal Air Force regiment. The men were conducting a routine patrol two kilometers west of Kandahar Airfield. [287]
- April 15, 2008 - Two Marines 1st Sgt. Luke J. Mercardante, 35 and Cpl. Kyle W. Wilks, 24, who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom died while conducting combat operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. They were both assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejuene, North Carolina.[288]
- April 18, 2008 - Two Dutch soldiers, 1Lt Dennis van Uhm, 23, (son of Peter van Uhm, the Dutch Commander-in-Chief) and private first class Mark Schouwink, 22, were killed when the armoured vehicle where they were in hit an improvised explosive device on a road 12 kilometres out of Kamp Holland in Uruzgan, Afghanistan [289]
- April 21, 2008 - A British soldier, Robert Pearson, 22, was killed when his armoured vehicle hit a mine while helping to protect a resupply convoy returning to base in Helmand Province from the town of Gereshk.[290]
- April 27, 2008 - An Australian Commando, Lance Corporal Jason Marks, 27, from 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was killed and four others were wounded when they were engaged by Taliban using small arms and RPGs approximately 25 kilometres south-east of Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.[291]
- April 29, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, 30, died in Bastion, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington.[292]
- April 29, 2008 - An American airman, Senior Airman Jonathan A. V. Yelner, 24, died near Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.[293]
- April 30, 2008 - A Czech soldier, Radim Vaculik, 29, died in Logar province after a roadside bomb exploded. Four other soldiers in the Humvee military vehicle were wounded, one of them seriously.
- May 2, 2008 - A British soldier, Ratu Babakobau, 29, was killed and three others injured when their vehicle hit a mine while providing protection for a routine patrol in the Nowzad area of northern Helmand province.[294]
- May 6, 2008 - A Canadian ISAF reservist, Michael Starker, 36, was killed in a gunfight after his foot patrol was ambushed in the hotly contested Pashmul region of Zhari district, about 25 kilometres west of Kandahar City in Kandahar province.[295][296]
- May 7, 2008 - Two American soldiers died in the Sabari District, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts, 25, was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. and Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett, 22, was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. [297]
- May 9, 2008 - An American soldier, Sgt. Isaac Palomarez, 26, died in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his patrol encountered an improvised explosive device and came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. [298]
- May 9, 2008 - An American soldier, Pfc. Ara T. Deysie, 18, died in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.[299]
- May 11, 2008 - An American soldier, Pvt. Matthew W. Brown, 20, died in Asadabad, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C. [300]
- May 18, 2008 - An American soldier, Master Sgt. Davy N. Weaver, 39, died in Qalat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Macon, Ga.[301]
- May 19, 2008 - An American marine, Cpl. William J. L. Cooper, 22, died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. [302]
- May 20, 2008 - An American airman, Lt. Col. Joseph A. Moore, 54, died of natural causes in Djibouti. He was assigned to the 124th Wing Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho and was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.[303]
- May 20, 2008 - An American soldier, 1st Lt. Jeffrey F. Deprimo, 35, died in Ghazni, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Williamsport, Pa.[304]
- May 20, 2008 - An American sailor, Lt. Jeffrey A. Ammon, 37, died as a result of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device in the Aband District, Afghanistan. The sailor was attached to Commander Navy Region Northwest, Bangor, Wash., and serving in Afghanistan as a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni. [305]
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) is one of the large infantry regiments of the British Army. ...
Musa Qala is a town and the district center of Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on at 1043 m altitude in the valley of Musa Qala River in the central western part of the district. ...
is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
The LAV III armoured vehicle (AV) is the latest (entering service in 1999) in General Motors light armoured vehicle (LAV) line. ...
is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 3rd Special Forces Group is a U.S. Army Special Forces unit that was activated on 5 December, 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ...
Look up airborne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation). ...
The Rock Regiment patch The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was among the most decorated airborne units during World War II. World War II On February 14 1942. ...
Look up airborne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army is based in Vicenza, Italy. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
United States Military Staff Sergeant insignia (U.S. Air Force) Staff Sergeant is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, just above Senior Airman and below Technical Sergeant. ...
Sangin (Population: 26,096) is a town in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
A detachment is a military unit that is a permanent separate unit smaller than a company, such as a Medical Detachment. ...
Fort Rucker is a US Army base located mostly in Dale County, Alabama. ...
This article is about the U.S. State. ...
is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Paktika (Persian: پکتÛکا) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
One with special training. ...
This article is about the rank of sergeant. ...
Sabari (Tamil: à®à®ªà®°à®¿) is a Kollywood film directed by A. R. Suresh. ...
During World War II, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (508th PIR or Red Devils) was a regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division which in turn became part of XVIII Airborne Corps of the United States Army. ...
The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the rank of sergeant. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
During World War II, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (508th PIR or Red Devils) was a regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division which in turn became part of XVIII Airborne Corps of the United States Army. ...
The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
United States Military Staff Sergeant insignia (U.S. Air Force) Staff Sergeant is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, just above Senior Airman and below Technical Sergeant. ...
Brooke Army Medical Center is a University of Texas Health Science Center teaching hospital in Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Government - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 412. ...
For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...
Khost, sometimes spelt Khowst, is a town in Afghanistan, located at 33. ...
A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Largest metro area Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²) - Width 101 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37° 53ⲠN to 39° 43ⲠN...
is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
For other uses, see Car bomb (disambiguation). ...
GIRISHK, a village and fort of Afghanistan. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nawa or Nawa District could refer to: Amphoe Na Wa, a district in Nakhon Phanom Province in Thailand. ...
The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
The 3rd Special Forces Group is a U.S. Army Special Forces unit that was activated on 5 December, 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Members of the 778th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and members of the Global Mobility Assessment Team, 621st Air Mobility Group, McGuire AFB, N.J., load a forklift onto a C-130 Hercules in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ...
Combatants United States, Poland, France, Canada, Pakistan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only), Northern Alliance, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ethiopia, Somalia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Georgia Taliban, al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah...
The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) (also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR)), a part of the United States Marine Corps, is the largest command in the Marine Corps. ...
The 6th Engineer Support Battalion (6th ESB), based in Portland, Oregon, is a battalion in the 4th Marine Logistics Group of the United States Marine Corps. ...
The 4th Marine Logistics Group (4th MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Nickname: Location of Portland in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country State Counties Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government - Type Commission - Mayor Tom Potter[1] - Commissioners Sam Adams Randy Leonard Dan Saltzman Erik Sten - Auditor Gary Blackmer Area - City 376. ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ...
Look up marine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Gereshk is a town in Gerishk District in Helmand province on the Helmand River in central Afghanistan, some 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Kandahar. ...
Helmand (Pashto: ÙÙÙ
ÙØ¯) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the rank of sergeant. ...
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) is an overseas military hospital operated by the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. ...
Landstuhl is a Verbandsgemeinde (administrative unit) in the district of Kaiserslautern in Germany. ...
is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto: ÙÙØ¯Ú¾Ø§Ø±) is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
US Military In the U.S. Army, Private First Class is the third lowest enlisted rank, just above Private and below Corporal or Specialist. ...
Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Senior Aircraftman (SAC), or Senior Aircraftwoman (SACW), is a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between Leading Aircraftman and Junior Technician (although SACs in non-technical trades progress directly to Corporal) and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. ...
Senior Aircraftman (SAC), or Senior Aircraftwoman (SACW), is a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between Leading Aircraftman and Junior Technician (although SACs in non-technical trades progress directly to Corporal) and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. ...
Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto: ÙÙØ¯Ú¾Ø§Ø±) is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
RAF redirects here. ...
is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ...
Combatants United States, Poland, France, Canada, Pakistan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only), Northern Alliance, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ethiopia, Somalia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Georgia Taliban, al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah...
This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ...
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), one of three MEFs in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air, and logistics forces possessing the capability of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60...
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is near United States. ...
Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th in the US - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (340 km) - Length 560[1] miles (900 km) - % water 9. ...
is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
US Military In the U.S. Army, Private First Class is the third lowest enlisted rank, just above Private and below Corporal or Specialist. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Kamp Holland is the Dutch military base (Provincial reconstruction team) in Tarin Kowt, the capital of the province Uruzgan, Afghanistan. ...
Oruzgan (or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment or 4 RAR (Cdo), is one of the battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and is one of three combat capable groups within the Australian Special Operations Command (the other two being the SASR and 1st Commando Regiment). ...
Oruzgan (or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. ...
Official force name 75th Ranger Regiment Rangers Other names Airborne Rangers Army Rangers Task Force Ranger U.S. Army Rangers Branch U.S. Army Chain of Command USASOC Description Special Operations Force, rapidly deployable light infantry force. ...
Fort Lewis is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post located in Pierce County, Washington. ...
For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ...
is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Senior Airman (SrA) is the fourth enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, just above Airman 1st Class and below Staff Sergeant. ...
Aromatic vials in the shape of Greek gods, Begram, 2nd century. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base near Rapid City, South Dakota and is home to the B-1B Lancer. ...
Official language(s) English Demonym South Dakotan Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area Ranked 17th in the US - Total 77,116[1] sq mi (199,905 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 380 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Logo of ISAF. Pashto writing: Ú©Ù
Ú© Ù ÙÙ
Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto: ÙÙØ¯Ú¾Ø§Ø±) is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sabari (Tamil: à®à®ªà®°à®¿) is a Kollywood film directed by A. R. Suresh. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
United States Military Staff Sergeant insignia (U.S. Air Force) Staff Sergeant is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, just above Senior Airman and below Technical Sergeant. ...
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)ânicknamed the âScreaming Eaglesââis an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
One with special training. ...
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)ânicknamed the âScreaming Eaglesââis an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the rank of sergeant. ...
Kapisa is one of 34 provinces in Afghanistan. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Small arms captured in Fallujah, Iraq by the US Marine Corps in 2004 The term small arms generally describes any number of smaller infantry weapons, such as firearms that an individual soldier can carry. ...
A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a man-portable, shoulder-launched weapon capable of firing an explosive device longer distances than an otherwise unassisted soldier could throw. ...
is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Private First Class insignia (U.S. Army) Private First Class insignia (U.S. Marine Corps) In the U.S. Army, Private First Class is the third lowest enlisted rank, just above Private and below Corporal or Specialist. ...
Paktia province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a man-portable, shoulder-launched weapon capable of firing an explosive device longer distances than an otherwise unassisted soldier could throw. ...
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)ânicknamed the âScreaming Eaglesââis an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
Fort Campbell is a large post of the United States Army located approximately ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. ...
is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Asadabad may mean: Asadabad, Afghanistan, the capital of Konar province Asadabad, Iran, in Hamadan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...
is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Qalat is the capital of the Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
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is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ...
Helmand province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), one of three MEFs in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air, and logistics forces possessing the capability of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60...
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is near Jacksonville, North Carolina, on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. ...
is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ...
The Idaho Air National Guard is comprised of 3,000 Airmen and officers assigned to two flying wings and six geographically separated units (GSUs) throughout Idaho. ...
Boise Airport (IATA: BOI, ICAO: KBOI), also known as Boise Air Terminal[1] or Gowen Field[1], is a commercial[2] and general aviation[3] airport located three miles (five km) south of the city of Boise in Ada County, Idaho, USA. The airport is operated by the city of...
is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ghazni (Persian: غزÙÛ , ÄaznÄ«) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 149,998 people. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer rank. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is an administrative unit of international aid to Afghanistan, consisting of a small operating base from which a group of sixty to more than one hundred civilians and military specialists work to perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. ...
Ghazni (Persian: غزÙÛ , ÄaznÄ«) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 149,998 people. ...
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The United Kingdom was one of the first countries which took part in Operation Enduring Freedom to topple the Taliban regime in autumn 2001. ...
Canadas role in the invasion of Afghanistan, as an active combatant in operations against the Taliban and other insurgents in southern Afghanistan, has produced the largest number of fatal casualties for any single Canadian military mission since the 25th Canadian Brigade served in the Korean War. ...
With a contingent of nearly 3500 soldiers and policemen, Germany is one of the main contributors of troops to coalition operations in Afghanistan. ...
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The following is a list of Coalition aircraft losses in Afghanistan. ...
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Combatants United States, Poland, France, Canada, Pakistan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only), Northern Alliance, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ethiopia, Somalia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Georgia Taliban, al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah...
Combatants Canada, Afghan National Army support from United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Taliban insurgents Strength 2,000 1,200+ Casualties Canada: 12 killed, 44 wounded U.S.: 1 killed U.K.: 14 killed (MR-2 crash) 517 killed, 85 captured[2] Operation Medusa was a Canadian-led offensive by...
Combatants Canada, U.S, U.K, Netherlands, Estonia, Afghan National Army Taliban insurgents, al-Qaeda Commanders Gen. ...
// From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. ...
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The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the accidental killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) on the night of April 18, 2002 by an American F-16 fighter jet. ...
Notes - ^ U.S. Defense Department. "Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) U.S. Casualty Status."
- ^ Reuters. Foreign soldier missing in Afghanistan from UAE.
- ^ USWarWatch. Afghanistan Text Archive - October 2007
- ^ U.K. Ministry of Defence. Operations in Afghanistan: British Fatalities
- ^ Campion, Bruce (September 29, 2007). "Taliban's deadliest weapons lie in wait". TheStar.com
- ^ thinkSPAIN "Spanish soldier killed in Afghanistan accident "
External links - Defense Department Casualty Page
- NATO ISAF Press Releases
- Operation Enduring Freedom: Fatalities
- CNN.com - Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties
- US War Watch - Afghanistan casualties tracked by US War Watch
- CBC News Indepth: Afghanistan, Canadian casualties
- British military fatalities in Afghanistan in OEF and ISAF (BBC News)
- Casualty Counter: Afghanistan Casualty Counter
- British Casualty Monitor - Tracking the war in Afghanistan
- "Firefight in Sangin: The Death of Pte. Robert Costall": Open source media analysis, MILNEWS.ca - Military News for Canadians, last updated 15 September 7 (104KB .pdf).
- "Highlights: Death of Corporal Anthony Joseph Boneca on July 9, 2006": Open source media analysis, MILNEWS.ca - Military News for Canadians, last updated 22 July 6 (80KB .pdf).
| War on Terrorism | | | Military conflicts | Major terrorist attacks | Participants in operations | Targets of operations | | | 2001: is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is campaign begun by the Bush administration which includes various military, political, and legal actions taken to ostensibly curb the spread of terrorism following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. ...
Combatants United States, Poland, France, Canada, Pakistan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only), Northern Alliance, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ethiopia, Somalia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Georgia Taliban, al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ...
For other uses of War in Afghanistan, see War in Afghanistan. ...
Combatants Philippines United States al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf, New Peoples Army (alleged collaboration) Commanders Hermogenes Esperon Jr. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ...
Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP) was the US-sponsored 18-month, $64-million plan designed to increase the capabilities of the Georgian armed forces as part of the Global War on Terrorism. ...
The Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program (Georgia SSOP) is a security assistance program designed to create an increased capability in the Georgian military to support Operation Iraqi Freedom stability missions. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ...
Combatants NATO and allies, represented by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa is the official name used by the US government for a component of its response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on...
October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ...
Combatants United States Algeria Chad Morocco Niger Mauritania Mali Senegal al-Qaeda Strength 480 Americans; 250 Algerians; 200 Chadians; 20 Moroccans; 5 Nigerien; 3 Mauritanians; 1 Malian; 25 Senegalese medical doctors Total:959 troops and 25 medical doctors 2,500 (al-Queda claim) Casualties 1 Nigerian (WIA) and 1 Moroccan...
February 2007 is the second month of the year. ...
Combatants New Iraqi Army Kurdish Army Coalition: United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Other Coalition forces Baath Party Loyalists Mahdi Army al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Insurgent groups Commanders Nouri al-Maliki Massoud Barzani George W. Bush Tommy Franks Ricardo Sanchez George Casey David Petraeus Tony Blair Gordon Brown Brian...
Combatants Saudi Security Forces al-Qaeda Casualties 44 killed 218 wounded 129 killed 3,106+ arrested[1] Civilians: 100 killed (foreigners, Saudis) 510 wounded[1] The Insurgency in Saudi Arabia is an armed conflict in Saudi Arabia between radical Khawarij fighters, believed to be associated with al-Qaeda, against the...
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Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths ⢠08 Abu Abbas ⢠20 Queen Juliana ⢠28 Peter Ustinov ⢠30 Alistair Cooke More March 2004 deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Israeli-Palestinian conflict Occupation of Iraq Same-sex marriage in...
Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Belligerents Hezbollah Amal[1] LCP[2] PFLP-GC[3] Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Imad Mughniyeh Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[4] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[5] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Islamic Courts Union Hizbul Shabaab al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Eritrea Ethiopia TFG Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM United States Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Abdikadir Adan Shire Abdi Hasan Awale Mohamud Muse Hersi Meles Zenawi Patrick M. Walsh Strength...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Belligerents Lebanese Armed Forces Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham Commanders Michel Sulaiman Francois al-Hajj Shaker al-Abssi Abu Youssef Sharqieh # Abu Hureira â Strength 72,100 troops 450 Fatah militants, 50 Jund militants, unknown number of al-Qaeda bombers Casualties and losses Northern casualties: 168 killed, 400-500 wounded...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
This article is about the year. ...
2002: A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11âpronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
Matt Lauer with the crew of Flight 63, the Shoebomber flight. ...
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2003: Terrorism in Pakistan has been prevalent since the 1980s following the breakup of the nation into modern Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ...
is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004: The Riyadh compound bombings took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. ...
is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
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The Istanbul bombings were two truck bomb attacks carried out on two days in November 2003. ...
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is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005: The 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing on February 27, 2004, resulted in the sinking of the ferry SuperFerry 14 and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines worst terrorist attack and the worlds deadliest terrorist attack at sea. ...
is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ...
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The 2004 Australian embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006: The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
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Wikinews has news related to: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ...
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Sharm el-Sheikh is located on the coast of the Red Sea, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. ...
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Wikinews has news related to: Fatal explosions hit Bali The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. ...
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India map showing Delhi The 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on October 29, 2005 in the Indian city of Delhi, killing 59 people and injuring at least 200 others [1] in three explosions. ...
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Amman, the capital city of Jordan. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007: Map showing the Western line and blast locations. ...
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Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London. ...
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
2008: is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A group of six radical Islamist[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. ...
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On 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. ...
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The 2007 Karachi bombing of October 18, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan, was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ...
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The 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing occurred on November 6, 2007 when a bomb exploded in the centre of Baghlan, Afghanistan, while a delegation of parliamentarians was visiting. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Ú©Ø§Ø±Û (Komak wa Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan which was established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] and consists of about 35...
Combatants New Iraqi Army Kurdish Army Coalition: United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Other Coalition forces Baath Party Loyalists Mahdi Army al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Insurgent groups Commanders Nouri al-Maliki Massoud Barzani George W. Bush Tommy Franks Ricardo Sanchez George Casey David Petraeus Tony Blair Gordon Brown Brian...
The Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), is a military command, led by the United States, that is fighting the Iraq War against the multitude of Iraqi insurgents. ...
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The Iraqi Army is the land force of Iraq, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I. Today, it is a component of the Iraqi Security Forces tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations...
Combatants Pakistan United States Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Until 2007) Commanders Pervez Musharraf Safdar Hussain Hamid Khan Masood Aslam Osama bin Laden Mullah Omar Haji Omar Abu Faraj al-Libbi Jalaluddin Haqqani Tohir Yoâldosh Strength 80,000 Pakistani troops[1] ~80,000...
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Combatants Islamic Courts Union Hizbul Shabaab al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Eritrea Ethiopia TFG Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM United States Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Abdikadir Adan Shire Abdi Hasan Awale Mohamud Muse Hersi Meles Zenawi Patrick M. Walsh Strength...
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Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...
The Abu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: جÙ
اعة Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø³ÙØ§Ù; , ASG),also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various groups have been engaged in an insurgency...
The Iraqi insurgency denotes groups using armed resistance against the US-led Coalition occupation of Iraq. ...
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Ḥamas (; acronym: , or Ḥarakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement) is a democratically-elected Palestinian Sunni Islamist[1] militant organization and political party which currently holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the Palestinian Authority. ...
Motto: none Anthem: none Capital formerly Mogadishu and Kismayu Largest city n/a Official languages Somali and Arabic Government Sharia Krytocracy - Executive Chairman Sharif Sheikh Ahmed - Shura Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys Civil War Faction Has not declared autonomy or independence - Established June 6th 2006 in Mogadishu Area - Total not finalized...
Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations...
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The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
The Muslim Brothers (Arabic: Ø§ÙØ¥Ø®Ùا٠اÙÙ
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ÙÙ al-ikhwÄn al-muslimÅ«n, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply Ø§ÙØ¥Ø®Ùا٠al-ikhwÄn, the Brotherhood or MB) is a world-wide Sunni Islamist movement and the worlds largest, most influential Islamist group[1]. The MB is the largest political...
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Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian...
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د, literally The Army of Muhammad, transliterated as Jaish-e-Muhammed, Jaish-e-Mohammad or Jaish-e-Muhammad, often abbreviated as JEM) is a major Islamic militant organization in South Asia. ...
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جاھدÛÙ) (created 1989) is a militant group active in Kashmir. ...
The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK[7]) is a militant Kurdish organization founded in the 1970s and led by Abdullah Ãcalan until his capture in 1999. ...
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was a militant Islamist group formed in 1998 by former Soviet paratrooper Juma Namangani, and the Islamic ideologue Tohir Yuldashev - both ethnic Uzbeks from the Fergana Valley. ...
Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: ÙØ´ÙØ±Ù Ø·ÙØ¨Ù laÅ¡kar-Ä á¹¯aiyyiba, literally The Army of Pure, also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba or Lashkar-i-Toiba) is one of the largest and most active Islamic terrorist organizations in South Asia. ...
The War on Terrorism has had various targets in its included operations. ...
| | Related Articles | | | | Timeline of the War on Terrorism: // September 11 - September 11, 2001 attacks take place in New York City, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, United States and kill 2,993 people. ...
War on Terrorism casualties: // Military casualties only United States: 4,540 killed, 4 POW/MIA, 11 ex-POW/MIA [1][2] United Kingdom: 260 killed, 25 ex-POW/MIA [1][2] Canada: 83 killed [2] Other Coalition forces: 244 killed, 1 ex-POW/MIA[1][2] Iraqi security forces: 9...
// Military/diplomatic campaigns The War on Terror is broadly agreed to be taking place in the following theaters of operation. ...
Criticism of the War on Terrorism addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terrorism. ...
Abu Ghraib cell block The Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: Ø³Ø¬Ù Ø£Ø¨Ù ØºØ±ÙØ¨; also Abu Ghurayb) is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. ...
For other uses, see Axis of evil (disambiguation). ...
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Irans nuclear ambitions and discusses North Koreas nuclear test. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism The Salt Pit in Afghanistan Black site is a military term that has been used by United States intelligence agencies to refer to any classified facility whose existence or...
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Painting of waterboarding from Cambodias Tuol Sleng Prison Enhanced interrogation techniques is a term that the Bush administration uses to describe techniques of aggressively extracting information from captives which they say are necessary in the War on Terror. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ghost detainee. ...
Extraordinary rendition and irregular rendition are terms used to describe the extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another with the intent of legally torturing them outside of the jurisdiction of a state which prohibits it. ...
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An NSA electronic surveillance program that operated without judicial oversight mandated by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was named the Terrorist Surveillance Program by the George W. Bush administration[1] in response to the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy which followed the disclosure of the program. ...
A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes also known as the Protect America Act of 2007 (Pub. ...
In American political and legal discourse, the unitary executive theory is a theory of Constitutional interpretation that is based on aspects of the separation of powers. ...
The term unlawful combatant (also unlawful enemy combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent) denotes a person denied the privileges of prisoner of war (POW) designation, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions; one to whom protection is recognised as due is a lawful or privileged combatant. ...
In the United States, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which President George W. Bush signed into law...
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