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05/09/08 AP: Several militants killed in Afghanistan clash

Coalition troops have killed several militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday. A statement Friday said the militants were involved in weapons smuggling in the Garmser district of Helmand province.

05/09/08 WaPo: Pentagon Is Open to Moving More Marines to Afghanistan

The Marine Corps may begin shifting its major combat forces out of Iraq to focus on Afghanistan in 2009 if greater security in Iraq allows a reduction of Marines there, top Pentagon officials said yesterday.

05/09/08 FOCUS: NATO soldier, dozen rebels killed in Afghanistan

A NATO soldier was killed in action in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, military forces said, while more than a dozen insurgents were killed in a battle involving air strikes in the south, AFP reported.

05/09/08 AFP: Two foreign soldiers, dozen rebels killed in Afghanistan

Two foreign soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan on Friday, military forces said, while more than a dozen Taliban-linked rebels were killed in a separate battle involving air strikes.

05/09/08 AP: Several militants killed in Afghanistan clash

Coalition troops have killed several militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday. A statement Friday said the militants were involved in weapons smuggling in the Garmser district of Helmand province.

05/09/08 abc.net: Houston believes Taliban 'mistreatment' claims are false

The head of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) says he ordered an investigation the moment allegations were made that Australian soldiers mistreated Taliban detainees in Afghanistan.

05/09/08 Reuters: Afghan 'spring offensive' a myth: U.S. commander

The commander of U.S. forces in southeast Afghanistan on Friday dismissed suggestions of any renewed Taliban offensive, saying fighting might pick up in some areas but a full-on offensive was a myth.

05/09/08 : DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2 of 2)

Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts, 25, of Farmington, N. M., who was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky...died May 7 in the Sabari District, Afghanistan

05/09/08 : DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1 of 2)

Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett, 22, of Greenup, Ky., who was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky...died May 7 in the Sabari District, Afghanistan

05/08/08 KUNA: Blast injures five in Kabul

At least five civilians were wounded in a suspected suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday evening, officials said. The bomber was sitting in a car in a downtown locality of Kabul.

05/08/08 VOA: Police Kill Taliban Governor, 5 Others in Western Afghanistan

Afghan officials say police have killed six Taliban insurgents, including a militant-appointed provincial governor, during a clash in western Afghanistan.

05/08/08 AFP: Afghan intellectuals criticise US, NATO operations

About 3,000 Afghan politicians and intellectuals criticised Thursday the international military campaign against Islamic militants in Afghanistan and called for dialogue to ending the fighting.

05/07/08 Reuters: Blast kills 2 soldiers of Afghan NATO-led force

An explosion killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force and a civilian in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost on Wednesday, the force said.

05/07/08 Reuters: Blast kills 2 soldiers of Afghan NATO-led force

An explosion killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force and a civilian in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost on Wednesday, the force said.

05/07/08 Xinhua: Child killed as suicide car bomb targets Afghan police

A suicide car blast attack occurred near a checkpoint of Afghan border police in eastern province of Khost Wednesday left one child killed and three move civilians injured, the police said.

05/07/08 Reuters: Afghans escape poverty via cheap U.S. labour

Mohammed, 20, is one of several hundred Afghans employed at a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, doing everything from digging holes to carrying furniture, building new barracks, cleaning toilets and filling sandbags.

05/07/08 AP: Roadside bomb kills 2 Afghan police officers

A roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two officers, an official said. The blast happened just outside the capital of Khost province as the officers traveled from their homes to work...

05/07/08 AP: Marines ignore Afghan poppy crop

U.S. policy thinks placating farmers has more benefits...American commanders say the Marines would only alienate people and drive them to take up arms if they eliminated the impoverished Afghans' only source of income.

05/07/08 BBC: In pictures - Reluctant return

The Jalozai refugee camp in north-west Pakistan has been home to 110,000 Afghans.

05/07/08 NPR: Amid War, Afghanistan Builds Its First National Park

In Afghanistan, Americans are working with the government in Kabul to create something that has never existed before in this war-ravaged country: a national park.

05/07/08 IRIN: Agriculture Ministry calls for US$2.5 billion aid programme

Afghanistan could double its domestic agricultural production, ensure nationwide food-security and eliminate poppy cultivation if international donors were to provide US$2.5 billion in aid to the agriculture sector...

05/07/08 thisisplymouth: SOLDIER WHO LOST LEG IN AFGHAN BLAST WILL RETURN TO FRONT LINE

A soldier who lost a leg in a roadside blast in Afghanistan is returning there in "top fitness". Anthony Makin, a Lance Bombardier with the Plymouth Citadel- based 29 Commando Royal Artillery Regiment, lost a leg in December 2006.

05/07/08 CP: A new Canadian general in Afghanistan

The next commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan hit the ground in Kandahar Wednesday and says he believes the mission will take on a different flavour during his nine month tour.

05/07/08 AP: Parents get voice mail of son caught in Afghanistan gun battle

An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan.

05/07/08 MoD: Minister of National Defence on the death of one canadian soldier

"We grieve the loss of Corporal Michael Starker who died today in Afghanistan. We also hope for the prompt recovery of the soldier who was injured in the same incident and extend our sympathies to the families and friends of these brave soldiers.

05/06/08 Reuters: Taliban kill Canadian soldier in Afghanistan

aliban insurgents killed a Canadian soldier in a clash in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Tuesday, the Canadian military said. It said another Canadian soldier was also wounded in the incident in the Zhari district...

05/05/08 AFP: Chopper hit by rebel fire in Afghanistan

A civilian helicopter was hit by insurgent gunfire in mountainous eastern Afghanistan on Monday, forcing it to make an emergency landing at a NATO military base, the alliance force said. No one was injured in the incident in Kunar province...

05/05/08 AP: Explosions kill 6, wound over 20

Three separate accidental explosions in the Afghan capital have left six people dead and more than 20 wounded, including some counternarcotics police, officials said Monday.

05/05/08 BBC: Numbers of civilians killed by Taliban increasing:

NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say the number of civilians being killed in Taliban attacks this year has increased dramatically. NATO officials say the Taliban killed about 240 Afghan civilians in the first three-and-a-half months of this year...

05/05/08 AFP: Singapore sends military engineers to Afghanistan

Singapore is sending two military construction engineering teams to Afghanistan, the defence ministry said Monday. In the tiny city-state's latest military contribution to the area, 12 team members will be deployed in two groups...

05/04/08 theglobeandmail: Solving Afghanistan's poppy problem

The pilot of the British army helicopter was taking me on an exceedingly fast, wildly pitching, zigzag trajectory across the sun-baked fields of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. Even at 20 metres above the ground...

05/04/08 AP: Militants killed, captured in Afghanistan

The U.S.-led coalition says its troops killed several militants during an operation in southern Afghanistan. A coalition statement says the militants were targeted in a raid Saturday in the Reg district of Helmand province.

05/04/08 AFP: Japanese FM on surprise visit to Afghanistan

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura met President Hamid Karzai during a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday in which he urged better relations with Pakistan.

05/04/08 newkerala: New Zealand army denies damaging Afghanistan Buddha statue

The New Zealand army denied Sunday damaging the ruins of one of Afghanistan's famous Bamian Buddha statues while detonating an unexploded rocket in the area.

05/04/08 newkerala: US to send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan

The United States is considering sending up to 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, the New York Times has reported.

05/04/08 dw-world: US considers changing role in Afghanistan

United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the US may consider taking over NATO's command in southern Afghanistan. Gates said the Pentagon would consult closely with the NATO allies whose combat forces are deployed in the southern region

05/03/08 MoD: Trooper Ratu Babakobau killed in Helmand

It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Trooper Ratu Babakobau of the Household Cavalry Regiment was killed yesterday, Friday 2 May 2008, in Helmand, Afghanistan.

05/03/08 AP: Afghan claims explosion causes more damage to Buddha statue

The United Nations on Saturday was investigating reports that a controlled explosion of old ordnance has caused more damage to one of the famed Bamiyan Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban seven year ago.

05/03/08 Xinhua: Several militants killed, seven detained in E. Afghanistan

Several militants were killed and seven militants were detained during a joint Afghan and Coalition forces operation in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan, said a Coalition statement issued here Saturday.

05/03/08 AFP: US mulls sending 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan

The United States is considering sending an extra 7,000 troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, The New York Times reported Saturday.

05/03/08 AFP: British Soldier Killed, Two Others Wounded

A British soldier serving with the NATO force in Afghanistan died in an explosion that wounded two other troops, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said Saturday.

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year

Year	US	Other	Total
2008	23	37	60
2007	117	115	232
2006	98	93	191
2005	99	31	130
2004	52	6	58
2003	48	9	57
2002	49	20	69
2001	12	0	12
Total	498	311	809

Fatalities By Country

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Country	Total
Australia	5
Canada	83
Czech	3
Denmark	14
Estonia	2
Finland	1
France	12
Germany	25
Italy	12
NATO	2
Netherlands	16
Norway	3
Poland	4
Portugal	2
Romania	6
South Korea	1
Spain	23
Sweden	2
UK	95
US	498
Total	809

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