368 of those were killed by IEDs, which is around 36% of the total IED-killed since the start of the war to date. Of the 711 foreign soldiers killed in 2010, 630 were killed in action. soldiers, which is nearly 60% of the total IED-wounded since the start of the war. In 2010, IED attacks in Afghanistan wounded 3,366 U.S. Of the 512 foreign soldiers killed in 2009, 448 were killed in action.
In 2009, there were 7,228 improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Afghanistan, a 120% increase over 2008, and a record for the war. invasion in 2001, continuing the trend that occurred every year since 2003. With 711 Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF deaths, 2010 was the deadliest year for foreign military troops since the U.S. For many allied nations these were the first military casualties they have taken since the end of the Second World War." Additionally, there have been 95 fatalities among troops from the non-NATO contributors to the coalition ( Georgia, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Jordan, South Korea and Albania). NATO members have made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan.
Secretary of Defense, "more than 850 troops from non-U.S. As Robert Gates pointed out on 10 June 2011, in his "last policy speech" as U.S. This is because in 2006, ISAF expanded its jurisdiction to the southern regions of Afghanistan which were previously under the direct authority of the U.S. The total also omits the 62 Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan who died in Turkey on, when their plane crashed.ĭuring the first five years of the war, the vast majority of coalition deaths were American, but between 20, 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. and one Canadian soldier were killed in other countries while supporting operations in Afghanistan. In addition to these deaths in Afghanistan, another 59 U.S. In this total, the American figure is for deaths "In and Around Afghanistan" which, as defined by the United States Department of Defense, includes some deaths in Pakistan and Uzbekistan and the deaths of 18 CIA operatives. Coalition fatalities per month since the start of the war Number of foreign soldiers killed in AfghanistanĪs of 4 September 2006, there have been 3,502 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations ( Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001.