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Last updated: August 2010
Military Casualties, International Forces (iCasualties.org Graphs) - now updated up to July 2010:
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| International Security Forces, Total by month | JPG |
| Canada, Total by month |
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| United Kingdom, Total by month | JPG |
| United States, Total by month | JPG |
Military Casualties, by Cause:
2010
- Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians, Congressional Research Service, 23 June 2010
- "So far this year, 157 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, most of them by IEDs, compared with a total of 520 for 2009. A Western military official said each IED death was accompanied by an average of around eight injuries, many involving the loss of limbs." Mines, bombs injure more Afghan civilians: ICRC, AFP, 15 April 2010
- Roadside bombs taking bigger toll, USA Today, 15 February 2010
2009 and earlier
- US, NATO deaths from bombings spike sixfold, The Associated Press, 11 August 2009
- Coalition deaths from IED soar, USA Today, 9 March 2009
- After UK-withdrawal from Basra City, and the Afghan winter: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality, Medical Research Council, 26 August 2008
- Military Fatalities Rates (By Cause) in Afghanistan and Iraq: A measure of hostilities, International Journal of Epidemiology, 21 May 2007
- Canadian Military Deaths by Cause, The Globe and Mail, 29 October 2007
- Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures, Congressional Research Service, 28 August 2007
Media reports:
2010
- July is deadliest month for US troops, The Wall Street Journal, 30 July 2010
- Rate of British military deaths in Afghanistan "has nearly doubled", The Guardian, 19 July 2010
- June deadliest month for troops since Afghan war began, The Washington Post, 24 June 2010
- Number of U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan doubles in 2009, Los Angeles Times, 1 January 2010
- October deadliest month for US in Afghan war: Pentagon, AFP, 27 October 2009
- With 4 U.S. deaths, grim milestone in Afghan war, The New York Times, 25 August 2009
- NATO pessimism: The West is at a loss in Afghanistan, Spiegel Online, 17 October 2008
- 2008 Afghanistan's "worst year": Minister, AFP, 14 October 2008
- 2008 deadliest year for US in Afghanistan, International Herald Tribune, 11 September 2008
Source: NATO Pessimism: The West is at a Loss in Afghanistan, Spiegel Online
