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==Totals==
==Totals==
Through [[July 8]] [[2008]] approximately '''2,465''' policemen, '''520''' soldiers and '''148''' private security guards were reported to have been killed.
Through [[July 13]] [[2008]] approximately '''2,465''' policemen, '''520''' soldiers and '''148''' private security guards were reported to have been killed.


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Revision as of 00:46, 14 July 2008

This is a partial list of Afghan security forces members killed in the War in Afghanistan (2001-present).

Besides serving as an indicator of some of the numbers of policemen, soldiers and private military contractors (PMC's) deaths during specific time periods, this article allows readers to investigate the circumstances of those deaths by reading the citation articles.

Totals

Through July 13 2008 approximately 2,465 policemen, 520 soldiers and 148 private security guards were reported to have been killed.

Casualties by year
Year Police Military Private military
contractors
Total per year
2008 230 51 33 314
2007 926[1] 96 94 1,116
2006 618 114 13 745
2005 684 47 7 738
2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2003 7 3 N/A 10
2002 2 9 1 12
2001 N/A 200[2] N/A 200
TOTAL 2,469 520 148 3,135

2008

  • January
    • January 3 - A suicide bomber attacked Indian road construction workers and their Afghan police escorts in the province of Kandahar killing seven people, including six policemen.[3]
    • January 7 - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and one intelligence officer in the province of Helmand.[4]
    • January 13 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed nine policemen.[5]
    • January 14 - An attack by Taliban commandos on a popular luxuary hotel in Kabul left six people dead, including two PMC's.[6]
    • January 24 - Nine Afghan policemen were killed during an anti-Taliban operation in Ghazni province.[7]
    • January 25 - A roadside bomb killed four soldiers in Khost province.[8]
    • January 27 - A Taliban ambush in the province of Helmand left two policemen dead.[9]
  • February
    • February 5 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Kandahar province.[10]
    • February 8 - A suicide bomber killed one soldier in Ghazni province.[11]
    • February 9 - Taliban militants ambushed a police patrol vehicle in Helmand province killing one policemen.[12]
    • February 13 - A roadside bomb killed three soldiers in Helmand province.[13]
    • February 15 - Taliban militants ambushed a police patrol in Nimroz province killing four policemen and kidnapping two others.[14]
    • February 17 - Militants ambushed an Afghan army convoy in Kunar province killing one soldier.[15]
    • February 21 - A roadside bomb killed one policeman in Helmand province.[16]
    • February 23 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed seven PMC's and a district police chief.[17]
    • February 26 - A roadside bomb killed five policemen in Khost province.[18]
    • February 27 - Two soldiers were killed in clashes in Kandahar province.[19]
    • February 28 - One policeman was killed in clashes in Kandahar province.[20]
  • March
    • March 4 - A suicide bomber killed one policeman and wounded four others in an attack on a government building in the province of Khost.[21]
    • March 10 - In clashes in Oruzhan province two policemen were killed.[22]
    • March 11 - A soldier was killed in an attack in Kapisa province.[23]
    • March 13 - A roadside bomb in Wardak province killed three policemen.[24]
    • March 20 - NATO-led troops killed a policeman and wounded another in Helmand province by mistake.[25]
    • March 21 - A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Kandahar province.[26]
    • March 25 - Four policemen were killed by militants on the border with Iran in Herat province.[27]
    • March 26 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Helmand province.[28]

72 policemen were killed during the whole month of April.[29]

  • April
    • April 8 - 18 PMC's were killed when militants attacked them in Zabul province.[30]
    • April 28 - One soldier was killed during an operation in Nangarhar province.[31]
    • April 30 - Three intelligence agents were killed during a raid on a militant hideout in Kabul.[32]
  • May
    • May 5 - An accidental explosion in Kabul killed three policemen.[33]
    • May 14 - Two policemen were killed in clashes in Helmand province.[34]
    • May 15 - A suicide bomber killed six policemen along with 12 civilians in Herat province.[35]
    • May 16 - A roadside bomb killed on soldier in Kandahar province.[36]
    • May 20 - A policeman was killed in Farah province.[37]
    • May 21 - One soldier was killed during a clash in Zabul province.[38]
    • May 23 - A suicide bomber killed four soldiers in Khost province.[39]
    • May 27 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed 15 policemen.[40]
    • May 29 - Two soldiers were killed in various clashes in the country.[41]
  • June
    • June 8 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed five policemen.[42]
    • June 13 - Taliban militants attacked the main prison in Kandahar killing 15 policemen and releasing 1,200 inmates.[43]
    • June 19 - Two soldiers were killed during an operation in Kandahar province.[44]
    • June 20 - One soldier was killed by a suicide bomber in Helmand province along with one U.S. soldier and five civilians.[45]
    • June 21 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed five soldiers.[46]
    • June 23 - A roadside bomb killed three policemen in Kandahar province.[47]
    • June 28 - A roadside bomb attack in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province killed one policeman.[48]
    • June 29 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed 13 policemen.[49]
    • June 30 - A roadside bomb killed two soldiers in Paktia province.[50]
  • July
    • July 2 - A suicide bomber killed three policemen in Nimroz province.[51]
    • July 3 - A roadside bomb killed five soldiers in Logar province.[citation needed]
    • July 4 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed 11 policemen and left two missing.
    • July 7 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed 13 policemen and six PMC's.[citation needed]
    • July 8 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed four policemen.[citation needed]
    • July 12 - A suicide bomber killed two soldiers along with a child in Helmand province.[52]
    • July 13 - Four policemen were killed in a suicide bombing, along with many civilians, in Helmand province.[53]

2007

The list for 2007 only contains the reports of deaths of Afghan soldiers and security guards and not policemen because at the end of the year it was confirmed that 926 policemen were killed in attacks.[54]

  • January
    • January 18 - A suicide bomber killed one soldier in Paktika province.[55]
    • January 27 - Taliban militants killed an Afghan intelligence official. They shot dead director of intelligence of the Yaqoobi district in a market in Khost province.[56]
  • February
    • February 7 - Three PMC's were killed and two were wounded when an explosive-packed motorcycle exploded in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province.[57]
  • March
    • March 23 - 15 PMC's were killed and four were missing when a convoy transporting logistics for NATO troops was ambushed in Shahwalikok district of Kandahar province.[58]
  • April
    • April 1 - A suicide bomber killed two soldiers in Laghman province.[59]
    • April 15 - A suicide bomber killed four PMC's in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.[60]
    • April 25 - A roadside bomb attack on an Afghan military convoy in the Wazekha area, in Paktika province left seven soldiers dead.[61] Three PMC's were killed when Taliban fighters stormed a road construction company site near the main highway between Kabul and Kandahar.[62]
  • May
    • May 17 - A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of a private security company in Kandahar killing four PMC's.[63]
    • May 30 - A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of a private security company in the province of Helmand killing two PMC's.[64]
  • July
    • July 9 - An Afghan soldier who had links with the Taliban shot and killed four soldiers at an army base in Herat, he also wounded another 10 Afghan and two U.S. soldiers.[65]
    • July 16 - A suicide bomber killed one PMC in Kandahar.[66]
    • July 17 - A roadside bomb attack on an Afghan military patrol in Helmand province left three soldiers dead.[67]
    • July 18 - In Loghar, near Kabul, a shooting attack occurred near an office which gives security advice, the attack left a PMC and his driver working for a non-governmental organisation dead.[68]
    • July 21 - Taliban militants attacked a convoy of a private security firm in the Bakwa district of the province of Farah leaving four PMC's dead.[69]
    • July 30 - Taliban militants killed 10 PMC's in the south of the country.[70]
  • August
    • August 11 - Taliban militants ambushed Afghan and NATO-led troops in the province of Badghis killing seven soldiers.[71]
    • August 12 - Two soldiers were killed in heavy fighting in Oruzgan province after militants stormed an army outpost.[72]
    • August 18 - A suicide bomber killed four PMC's in Kandahar along with 11 civilians.[73]
    • August 22 - A suicide bomber killed one PMC in Khost.[74]
    • August 23 - Taliban militants wearing Afghan army uniforms raided a NATO base killing two soldiers and injuring 11 NATO troops.[75] 10 PMC's were killed when a convoy transporting logistics for NATO troops was ambushed in Zabul province.[76]
    • August 28 - Various militant attacks in the country left six soldiers dead.[77]
    • August 29 - A suicide bomber killed two soldiers in Khost province.[78]
    • August 31 - A suicide bomber killed two soldiers in Kabul.[79]
  • Septemeber
    • September 3 - A landmine explosion killed six PMC's in Kunar province.[80]
    • September 13 - Clashes in the south of the country left one soldier dead.[81]
    • September 20 - Militants killed one PMC in Zabul province.[82]
    • September 29 - A suicide bomber attacked a military bus in Kabul killing 28 soldiers and two civilians.[83]
  • October
    • October 27 - A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan security uniform detonated his explosives at the entrance to a combined U.S.-Afghan base in Paktika province killing four soldiers.[84]
    • October 30 - A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of a district intelligence chief in the Qarghai district of Laghman province killing him and three colleagues.[85]
  • November
    • November 10 - A Taliban ambush in Nuristan prvoince killed three soldiers along with six U.S. soldiers.[86]
    • November 26 - A roadside bomb struck an Afghan army vehicle in Paktia province killing four soldiers.[87]
  • December
    • December 5 - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus carrying Afghan soldiers south of Kabul killing seven soldiers and six civilians.[88]
    • December 18 - Taliban militants killed 15 PMC's in an ambush near the town of Bala Boluk in the province of Farah.[89]
    • December 30 - Taliban militants killed six PMC's in an ambush on their convoy on Afghanistan's main highway in Wardak province.[90]
    • December 31 - Five soldiers were killed in various Taliban attacks in the country.[91]

2006

558 policemen were killed between March 21 and the end of the year.[92][93]

  • January
    • January 3 - One policeman was killed in Zabul province.[94]
    • January 5 - A suicide bomber killed three policeman along with seven civilians in Oruzgan province.[95]
    • January 16 - A suicide bomber killed three soldier along with one civilian in Kandahar province.[96]
    • January 26 - Taliban militants attacked an army post in Paktika province killing two soldiers.[97]
    • January 27 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Helmand province.[98]
  • February
    • February 2 - A suicide bomber killed three soldiers along with a road worker in Khost province.[99]
    • February 3 - Fighting in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province left six policemen dead.[100]
    • February 4 - Fighting in the Nauzad district of Helmand province left one policeman dead.[101]
    • February 5 - A roadside bomb killed six policemen in Kandahar province.[102]
    • February 7 - A powerful bomb exploded outside the police headquarters in Kandahar killing seven policemen and six civilians.[103]
    • February 10 - Two roadside bombs killed eight soldiers in the country.[104]
    • February 13 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left two soldiers and three policemen dead and six soldiers missing.[105]
    • February 15 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left one policeman, two soldiers and two intelligence agents dead.[106][107]
    • February 16 - A clash killed on policeman in Nimroz province.[108]
    • February 18 - Taliban militants attacked a police post in Helmand province killing three policemen.[109]
    • February 24 - Taliban militants ambushed an army patrol in Helmand province killing four soldiers.[110]
  • March
    • March 4 - A roadside bomb killed an intelligence official and three of his bodyguards in Helmand province.[111]
    • March 12 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left three policemen and two soldiers dead.[112]
    • March 17 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left 10 policemen and one PMC dead.[113][114]
    • March 19 - A Taliban attack on a police post in Kandahar province left two policemen dead and four missing.[115]
    • March 28 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left 14 soldiers and three PMC's.[116][117]
  • April
    • April 23 - Taliban militants attacked a U.S.-funded Afghan construction company killing one PMC.[118]
    • April 25 - A roadside bomb killed four soldiers in Kunar province.[119]
  • May
    • May 14 - Taliban militants killed an intelligence officer in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.
    • May 19 - One soldier is killed in a clash in Helmand province.[120]
    • May 20 - Taliban militants ambushed and decimated a military convoy in Helmand province killing 16 soldiers and wounding 25.[121]
    • May 24 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left four soldiers and three PMC's dead.[122]
  • June
    • June 5 - A roadside bomb killed two soldiers in Zabul province.[123]
    • June 7 - A roadside bomb killed three soldiers in Kunar province.[124]
    • June 18 - A former district chief was killed along with four PMC's who were guarding him in Helmand province.[125]
    • June 27 - Four soldiers are killed in various clashes.[126]
  • July
    • July 10 - One soldier is killed in an operation in Oruzgan province.[127]
    • July 16 - A roadside bomb killed six soldiers in the west of the country.[128]
  • August
    • August 19 - A roadside bomb killed two soldiers in Oruzgan province.[129]
    • August 23 - Taliban militants attacked an army post in Zabul province killing one soldier.[130]
  • September
    • September 10 - A suicide bomber killed a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan along with his nephew and a PMC.[131]
    • September 26 - A suicide bomber killed nine soldiers.[132]
  • October
    • October 2 - A roadside bomb killed four soldiers in Paktia province.[133]
    • October 3 - Clashes in Kunar province left one soldier dead.[134]
    • October 9 - A roadside bomb in Nangarhar province killed three senior district officials, among them a top intelligence official.
    • October 14 - A roadside bomb killed six soldiers in Paktia province.[135]
    • October 17 - Clashes in Paktika province left one soldier dead.[136]
    • October 21 - A suicide bomber killed a soldier in Khost province.[137]
  • November
    • November 6 - A roadside bomb killed one soldier in Helmand province.[138]
  • December
    • December 14 - A suicide bomber killed two soldiers along with four policemen and two civilians in Helmand province.[139]

2005

600 policemen were killed between mid-December 2004 and Mid-May 2005.[140]

  • May
    • May 30 - Four policemen were killed in an attack on a police station in Zabul province.[141]

51 policemen were killed in June and July.[142]

  • June
    • June 3 - Various Taliban attacks in the country killed two soldiers.[143]
    • June 16 - A roadside bomb killed one soldier in Helmand province.[144]
    • June 20 - A Taliban attack killed an intelligence official.[145]
    • June 22 - Four soldiers were killed in an operation in Kandahar province.[146]
  • July
    • July 10 - 12 soldiers were killed by a mine in Paktia province.[147]
    • July 15 - Taliban militants attacked a coalition patrol on the border with Pakistan killing one soldier.[148]
    • July 25 - One soldier was killed in a clash in Oruzgan province.[149]
    • July 29 - A parliamentary candidate was killed along with six PMC's who were protecting him in Oruzgan province.[150]
  • August
    • August 2 - Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Nuristan province killing four soldiers and four policemen.[151]
    • August 4 - The head of intelligence in the province of Zabul was shot dead by insurgents.[152]
    • August 17 - A roadside bomb killed one policeman in Kandahar province.[153]
    • August 18 - A Taliban ambush killed one soldier along with an American one in Kunar province.[154]
    • August 21 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Zabul province.[155]
    • August 22 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Oruzgan province.[156]
    • August 31 - Militants kidnapped David Addison, a British engineer, and his interpreter after an attack in western Afghanistan that left at least three policemen dead. Addison’s body was found September 3.[157]
  • September
    • September 4 - Various Taliban attacks in the country left eight policemen dead.[158]
    • September 6 - Fighting in Ghazni province left six soldiers dead.[159]
    • September 17 - A Taliban attack in Kabul killed three policemen.[160]
    • September 18 - Fighting in the east of the country left two policemen dead.[161]
    • September 21 - Fighting in Paktia province left two soldiers dead.[162]
    • September 22 - A soldier was killed in an operation to arrest a top Taliban commander.[163]
    • September 26 - A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Helmand province.[164]
    • September 27 - A PMC guarding a presidential candidate was killed along with the candidate in Mazar-e Sharif.[165]
    • September 28 - A militant on a motorbike killed nine Afghan soldiers when he blew himself up outside an army training center in Kabul.[166] A land mine killed two policemen in Kunar province.[167]
  • December
    • December 28 - A roadside bomb killed one soldier along with an American one in Kunar province.[168]

2004

2003

  • January
    • January 26 - Two policemen were killed in an attack on a UN refugee agency convoy in Nangahar province.[169]
  • December
    • December 29 - Five policemen were killed when a man they arrested blew himself up in Kabul.[170]

2002

  • March
    • March 2 - Seven soldiers are killed in operation "Anaconda".
  • July
    • July 27 - Two soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush on a Coalition patrol in Khost province.[171]
  • August
    • August 7 - Two policemen were killed during a prison break in Kabul.[172]
  • September
    • September 5 - An assassination attempt on the Afghan president in Kabul left one PMC guarding him dead along with a civilian.[173]

2001

200 soldiers of the Northern Alliance were estimated to have died in the initial invasion of the country.[174]

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