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07/02/09 dailymail: highest-ranking British casualty since the Falklands

The commander of a British Battle Group spearheading the fight against the Taliban has been killed in an Afghanistan roadside bombing - the most senior UK officer to die in action since the Falklands.

07/02/09 AP: One Marine Killed In Southern Afghanistan Fighting Taliban

It's the first day of a major U.S. offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, and the military says one Marine has been killed. Officials say several other Marines have been wounded or injured during today's action.

07/02/09 CNN: Suicide bomber strikes Pakistani government bus; at least 1 killed

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a Pakistani Defense Ministry bus Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding 29 others, Rawalpindi police and medical officials said. The bus was carrying ministry employees...

07/02/09 CNN: U.S. launches 'major operation' in Afghanistan

U.S. troops pushed forward with a "major operation" against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials in Afghanistan announced Thursday.

07/02/09 BBC: Six NATO soldiers wounded in Helmand Province

A further six members of Nato forces were also wounded in Wednesday's attack in Helmand Province, which involved an improvised explosive device (IED).

07/02/09 AP: American soldier captured in Afghanistan

US military spokeswoman says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan. Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier has been missing since Tuesday. She said she could not provide further information.

07/02/09 MoD: Two British soldiers killed in Helmand

one soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one soldier from 2nd Royal Tank Regiment were...killed as a result of an explosion that happened whilst on a deliberate operation near Lashkar Gah, central Helmand province, yesterday afternoon.

07/01/09 CBS: Senate Investigates Blackwater Subsidiary

The Senate Armed Services Committee is investigating the private security firm Paravant LLC which provides contracted services to the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and Iraq. Paravant is a subsidiary of Xe, formerly known as Blackwater...

07/01/09 Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUSTRE5606C820090701

Concrete signs of Washington's new strategy for Afghanistan are taking shape with the final elements of some 8,500 U.S. Marines arriving in southern Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold, to bolster over-stretched British forces.

07/01/09 Reuters: U.S. Marines launch assault in southern Afghan valley

U.S. Marines launched a helicopter assault early on Thursday in the lower Helmand river valley in southern Afghanistan, spokesman Capt. Bill Pelletier said.

07/01/09 Reuters: Rocket kills three in eastern Kunar province

Three members of a family, including two children, were killed and four wounded when a rocket hit a house in eastern Kunar province, a provincial official said. It was not clear who fired the rocket.

07/01/09 Reuters: One security guard was killed and two wounded in Herat province

One security guard was killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked their vehicle in Ghoryan district near the Iranian border, said Shiragha Yusefi, a doctor treating the guards at a hospital in western Herat province.

07/01/09 Reuters: Pakistani troops clear Taliban stronghold in Swat

Pakistani troops cleared on Wednesday the last Taliban stronghold in the Swat Valley, the army said, and appealed for public support to defeat militants in an Afghan border region.

07/01/09 KUNA: Two ISAF soldiers killed in South Afghanistan

Two soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed and six others wounded in a blast in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday.

07/01/09 AFP: Germany Out Of Afghanistan In "Five To 10 Years"-Min

German troops could be out of Afghanistan within five to 10 years, Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said in a television interview broadcast Wednesday.

07/01/09 NPR: Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Deploy In Afghanistan

Roadside bombs pose the greatest threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Marines are employing a new tool, a four-legged variety, to detect the deadly devices.

07/01/09 WaPo: Key in Afghanistan - Economy, Not Military

National security adviser James L. Jones told U.S. military commanders here last week that the Obama administration wants to hold troop levels here flat for now, and focus instead on carrying out the previously approved strategy of increased economic...

07/01/09 AFP: Australia boosts aid funding to Pak, Afghanistan

Australia on Wednesday committed an extra five million dollars (four million US) to humanitarian assistance in Pakistan and one million dollars to support elections in Afghanistan.

07/01/09 Reuters: Obama aide says no more troops to Afghanistan

President Barack Obama's top security adviser has told U.S. military commanders there are no plans to send more troops to Afghanistan for now and that the focus instead will be on economic development and reconstruction...

06/30/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Sgt. Terry J. Lynch, 22, of Shepherd, Mont., died June 29 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment...

06/30/09 AP: Stalemate in Afghan town shows task ahead

U.S. Marines patrol slowly along streets laced with land mines and lined with abandoned shops, clinics and homes. As night falls over this Afghan ghost town, the only sounds are the howling of coyotes and the creaking of tin roofs in the wind.

06/30/09 VOA: Coalition Air Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 12 Militants

U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say air strikes have killed at least 12 militants allegedly involved in sneaking foreign fighters from Pakistan into Afghanistan.

06/30/09 globeandmail: Shootout among allies strikes blow in Kandahar

Members of a shadowy Afghan counterterrorism force stand accused of killing Kandahar's police chief after a stunning shootout that highlights Afghanistan's struggle to evolve from the rule of the gun to rule of law.

06/30/09 AFP: Afghan group slams Karzai's 'warlord' vote ticket

An Afghan rights watchdog on Tuesday slammed President Hamid Karzai's choice of two "notorious warlords" for his August re-election bid and accused him of promising ministries to supporters.

06/30/09 CP: U.S. probing ways to keep Canada in Afghanistan

Obama Democrats have quietly sounded out power brokers in Ottawa looking for advice on how to convince war-weary Canadians to keep military forces in Afghanistan after 2011.

06/30/09 WaPo: Afghan Police Chief Dies In Clash

The police chief of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province was shot to death Monday in a violent melee between police officers and an elite Afghan security squad trained by U.S.-led coalition forces.

06/30/09 CNN: Reputed Afghan drug lord held for trial in U.S.

A reputed drug lord described as one of the biggest heroin suppliers in eastern Afghanistan -- with suspected ties to the Taliban -- appeared in federal court in Washington Monday, where he was ordered detained pending his expected drug trial.

06/30/09 Reuters: Child killed in Afghan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber dressed as a woman killed at least one person, identified as a child, and wounded eight in an attack on an Afghanistan-Pakistan border checkpoint today...Abdulzai put the death toll at two and said 10 were wounded.

06/29/09 irishsun: Four foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan bombing (Not confirmed)

Four foreign soldiers were killed Monday in a roadside bombing outside Kabul, said a spokesman for the government of Maidan Wardak province. NATO and US forces could not be reached for comment on the incident in Maidan Wardak...

06/29/09 AFP: Road Threatens Site of Ancient Afghan City

An important archaeological site in northern Afghanistan that was occupied by humans as far back as the sixth century B.C. is being threatened by the construction of a road, archaeologists warn.

06/29/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Pvt. Steven T. Drees, 19, of Peshtigo, Wis., died June 28 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained June 24 in Konar Province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire...

06/29/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Pfc. Peter K. Cross, 20, of Saginaw, Texas, died June 26 at Combat Outpost Carwile, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team

06/29/09 AP: Violence delays mine clearing in Afghanistan

Kneeling in the hot morning sun, a few men carefully poke and prod at the baked earth on the outskirts of the Afghan capital. As cars and trucks drive past just a few yards away, one man unearths a deadly mine and puts explosives on it.

06/29/09 USAToday: Fewer civilian deaths crucial in Afghanistan

The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan enters a critical phase this summer under a new commander whose goal will be to reduce the number of civilian casualties and restrict the ability of insurgents to attack freely...

06/29/09 NATO: ISAF service member killed in eastern Afghanistan

An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member was killed in an IED strike in eastern Afghanistan this morning.

06/29/09 NZPA: No injuries after Afghan bomb attack on NZ convoy

A New Zealand military patrol in Afghanistan has escaped unscathed after a bomb was triggered in front of a vehicle travelling in a convoy. A patrol from the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZPRT) in Afghanistan triggered...

06/29/09 AFP: Afghan police chief among 10 killed in Kandahar

The police chief of Afghanistan's province of Kandahar was among 10 policemen killed on Monday in a shoot-out with local security guards employed by US forces, the head of the provincial council said.

06/28/09 NYTimes: Taliban Losses Are No Sure Gain for Pakistanis

For the past month and a half, the Pakistani military has claimed success in retaking the Swat Valley from the Taliban, clawing back its own territory from insurgents who only a short time ago were extending their reach toward...

06/28/09 Reuters: Five policemen in western Farah province

Five policemen were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the Posht-e-Rud district of western Farah province on Saturday, said Mohammad Nadi Popal, provincial director of security.

06/28/09 Reuters: Two policemen killed Farah's Bala Boluk district

Two policemen were killed and two wounded when Taliban fighters ambushed a police checkpoint in Farah's Bala Boluk district on Saturday, said Abdelbasir Ghuri, a spokesman for the Afghan army in the province.

06/28/09 AP: Pakistani forces kill 11 Taliban militants

Warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant positions in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Sunday, killing 11 Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said.

06/28/09 AFP: Taliban rockets hit troops in NW Pak

Taliban militants fired rockets at Pakistani forces in the lawless tribal belt Sunday, killing an officer and injuring three as fighter jets pounded the region ahead of an offensive there, officials said.

06/27/09 vancouversun: Karzai challenges Taliban to vote in Afghan elections

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Saturday on the Taliban and other insurgent groups to vote in landmark August elections and to not attack the polls.

06/27/09 vancouversun: Bomb attack adds to casualties in Afghan unrest

Insurgent bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday killed a provincial deputy police chief and two civilians as Taliban militants stormed a checkpoint overnight and killed eight policemen, officials said.

06/27/09 AFP: Taliban claim responsibility for Kashmir attack

The Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for the first suicide attack in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, as officials said 17 suspected militants were killed in government operations.

06/27/09 LATimes: Pakistan army operation hinders Taliban efforts in Afghanistan, U.S. says

The offensive against militants in the Swat Valley, as well as Pakistanis' growing support for the campaign, gives U.S. officials reason to believe Islamabad can turn the tide against extremists.

06/27/09 AAP: Taliban kill eight Afghanistan police

TALIBAN militants have stormed a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province and killed eight policemen, the provincial government says. Other policemen were able to escape the overnight attack...

06/27/09 AP: U.S. announces revamp of Afghan drug policy

The United States announced a new drug policy Saturday for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication efforts and using the money for drug interdiction and alternate crop programs instead.

06/27/09 Reuters: Pakistan bombs Taliban in Waziristan, 5 shot in Karachi

Pakistani warplanes killed at least a dozen Taliban fighters on Saturday, in a strike on their stronghold near the Afghan border, while police in the southern city of Karachi shot dead five militants.

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year

Year	US	Other	Total
2009	87	72	159
2008	155	139	294
2007	117	115	232
2006	98	93	191
2005	99	32	131
2004	52	7	59
2003	48	9	57
2002	49	20	69
2001	12	0	12
Total	717	487	1204

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	12
2002	10	12	14	10	1	3	0	3	1	6	1	8	69
2003	4	7	12	2	2	7	2	4	2	6	8	1	57
2004	11	2	3	3	9	5	2	4	4	8	7	1	59
2005	2	3	6	19	4	29	2	33	12	10	7	4	131
2006	1	17	13	5	17	22	19	29	38	17	9	4	191
2007	2	18	10	20	25	24	29	34	24	15	22	9	232
2008	14	7	19	14	23	46	30	46	37	19	12	27	294
2009	25	24	28	14	27	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	159

Fatalities By Country

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Country	Total
Australia	10
Canada	120
Czech	3
Denmark	24
Estonia	4
Finland	1
France	28
Germany	33
Hungary	2
Italy	14
Latvia	3
Lithuania	1
Netherlands	19
Norway	4
Poland	9
Portugal	2
Romania	11
South Korea	1
Spain	25
Sweden	2
UK	171
US	717
Total	1204

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