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According to Marc W. Herold's extensive database, Dossier on Civilian Victims of United States' Aerial Bombing, between 3,100 and 3,600 civilians were directly killed by U.S. Operation Enduring Freedom bombing and U.S. Special Forces attacks between October 7, 2001, and June 3, 2003. This estimate counts only "impact deaths" – deaths that ...
[1] [6] [12] [13] At least 182 people were killed, including 169 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [3] [14] [4] the first American military casualties in the War in Afghanistan since February 2020. [15] The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) claimed responsibility for the attack. [16]
The Costs of War Project at Brown University estimated that between 1,537 and 2,375 civilians were killed during the invasion. [13] Northern Alliance casualties are unknown. [11] United States casualties were 12 military personnel and one CIA officer (Mike Spann), [10] while the Taliban suffered 8,000 to 12,000 killed. [12]
[180] [181] In the first five months of 2008, the number of US troops in Afghanistan increased by over 80% with a surge of 21,643 more troops, bringing the total from 26,607 in January to 48,250 in June. [182] On 4 March 2007, US Marines killed at least 12 civilians and injured 33 in Shinwar district, Nangarhar, [183] in a
According to a new report by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, since the takeover in mid-August 2021 and until the end of May, there were 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 people ...
February 2003 – At least 17 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in coalition bombing raids in a mountainous region Helmand province. [5] [11] February 2003 – Reuters reported that according to locals, 8 civilians were killed in the Baghran Valley area of Helmand province when a U.S. bomber and gunship attacked the area. [5]
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.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As of Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at least 2,185 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 ...