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The Project on Defense Alternatives estimated that in a 3-month period between October 7, 2001, and January 1, 2002, at least 1,000-1,300 civilians were directly killed by the U.S.-led aerial bombing campaign, [11] and that by mid-January 2002, at least 3,200 more Afghans had died of "starvation, exposure, associated illnesses, or injury ...
This is a partial list of Afghan security forces killed in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021).. Besides serving as an indicator of some of the numbers of policemen, soldiers and private military contractors (PMCs) deaths during specific time periods, this article allows readers to investigate the circumstances of those deaths by reading the citation articles.
During the earlier phase of the war, almost a quarter of British casualties were caused by fighting for the town, while more recently hundreds of Afghan troops died defending it. [369] [370] On 29 April, the US deployed an additional 5,000 Marines to the Southern Helmand Province. [371] USAF pilots fly a CH-47 Chinook in Nangarhar, 2017
The war in Afghanistan was America’s longest conflict, lasting almost two decades. In that time, 2,248 U.S. soldiers lost their lives and 47,245 Afghan civilians were killed.
In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.
Thus, a total of 2,402 United States servicemen were killed in the war in Afghanistan. [1] The website iCasualties.org lists 2,455 servicemembers and 10 CIA operatives as having died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, including 49 who died in support of other OEF operations. This gives a total of 2,406 deaths of ...
Soviet–Afghan War: 1–3 million [51] [3] 1979–1989 Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan vs. Afghan mujahideen: Afghanistan Delhi Conquest of North India: 0.5–3 million [52] 1300–1310 Delhi Sultanate vs. North Indian States Indian subcontinent Bangladesh Liberation War: 0.3–3 million [53] [54] 1971
According to the Costs of War Project at Brown University, the war killed 46,319 Afghan civilians in Afghanistan.However, the death toll is possibly higher due to unaccounted deaths by "disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other indirect consequences of the war". [1]