Military reports 383 Afghan-area deaths
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As of Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at least 383 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. EDT.
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As of Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at least 3,953 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,216 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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Three American soldiers have been killed in eastern Afghanistan this week, the US military says. A statement by the US military said two soldiers had died in fighting near the Pakistan border in Paktika on Monday.
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As of Saturday, July 29, 2006, at least 2,573 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,036 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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As of Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at least 1,353 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,056 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.
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Two NATO soldiers and more than two dozen Islamist Taliban insurgents have been killed in southern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
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As of Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at least 361 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 18, 2007.
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A suicide car bomber killed 38 Afghans at a crowded market Monday, pushing the death toll from two days of militant bombings to about 140
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As of Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, 1,039 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department.
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As of Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at least 3,840 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,127 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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An attack on a patrol killed an American soldier, the third U.S. fatality this week in Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday, amid a flurry of attacks that wounded over a dozen Americans in the run-up to the Oct. 9 presidential election.
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U.N. officials in Afghanistan said on Monday that up to 380 civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict in the first four months of 2007 and called on Western military forces and the Taliban to respect laws protecting civilians.
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As of Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at least 3,943 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,209 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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As of Saturday, July 14, 2007, at least 3,613 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,967 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan government are investigating reports that as many as 130 people, including women and children, were killed Friday in an attack by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed nearly three dozen insurgents overnight in a series of confrontations in southern areas rife with Taliban guerrillas, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
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As of Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at least 1,280 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,003 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.