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11/20/08 Reuters: Bomber Attacks NATO Base in Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, inflicting some casualties, a NATO force spokeswoman said...The bomber blew himself up at the gate of the base...

11/20/08 granthamjournal: Friendly fire likely cause of Royal Marine's death in Afghanistan

RIENDLY fire was the probable cause of Royal Marine Jonathan Wigley's death in Afghanistan, an inquiry has concluded. The 21-year-old, from Grantham, was fatally wounded on December 5, 2006 during a fierce battle with the Taleban...

11/20/08 thepress: Tadcaster soldier survives Afghanistan incident

Lieutenant Warren Allison...said his miraculous escape happened when he was working in Helmand province as part of an operational mentoring and liaison team, offering guidance and assistance to the Afghan National Army.

11/20/08 AFP: Pakistan jets kill 17 Taleban and Uzbek Qaeda militants

Pakistani jets and artillery killed 17 people, including some Uzbek commanders, as they pounded suspected Taleban and Al Qaeda hideouts in a tribal area, officials said Thursday.

11/20/08 AP: Pakistan Fired on Rebels on Afghan Border

Pakistan fired on militants who attacked a NATO outpost on the Afghan border, the alliance said Thursday, an example of the cooperation seen as vital against the rising power of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

11/20/08 BBC: Pakistan protest to US ambassador

Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in Islamabad to protest at a US missile attack deep inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday that killed five people.

11/20/08 Dawn: Two more tribal elders escape Taliban custody

Two more kidnapped tribal elders managed to escape from Taliban?s custody in Damadola while six militants were killed by security forces in different areas of restive Bajaur tribal region on Wednesday.

11/20/08 dawn: Over 400 Pakistanis in Afghanistan, US, South African jails, NA told

Over 400 Pakistanis, including women and children, have been languishing in various jails in Afghanistan, the United States and South Africa on different petty and major charges, including terrorism, robbery and rape.

11/20/08 NPR: Plugging Afghanistan's Brain Drain

The future of war-ravaged Afghanistan could be determined by a new generation of people committed to helping the country rebuild. Khaleeq Ahmad, who returned to Afghanistan days ago to work for an Afghan telecom company, is one of them.

11/19/08 LATimes: U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan won't rest for winter

U.S. troops in Afghanistan will continue pursuing extremists in the eastern part of the country over the brutal winter months, but lack the forces in southern areas to mount the same offensive, the top U.S. commander there said Tuesday.

11/19/08 AP: Joint Chiefs head says war stresses may be growing

Stress on U.S. troops from repeated combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan is "extraordinary" and may be worsening even as fighting eases in Iraq, the military's top officer says.

11/19/08 guardian: There is no quick-fix to Afghanistan's refugee crisis

Today, donor nations will convene in Kabul for the return and reintegration conference. The objective will be to enhance efforts to reintegrate Afghan refugees in their homeland. The conference is a good reminder that the Afghan...

11/19/08 AP: China rejects sending troops to Afghanistan

China said Tuesday it would not send any troops to Afghanistan ? rejecting recent speculation that Beijing might support the international coalition there.

11/19/08 CNN: Taliban reject Afghan peace overture

A Taliban spokesman said Monday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not have the authority to make a peace offering to its reclusive leader, Mullah Omar.

11/19/08 AP: Suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan kills 6

A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village well inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, killing at least six alleged militants in an attack that could raise tensions between the anti-terror allies, officials said.

11/19/08 WaPo: U.S. seeks new supply routes into Afghanistan

A rise in Taliban attacks along the length of a vital NATO supply route that runs through this border town in the shadow of the Khyber Pass has U.S. officials seeking alternatives, including the prospect of beginning deliveries...

11/19/08 AP: US says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan

U.S. troops in Afghanistan launched a barrage of artillery at insurgents attacking their position from inside Pakistan's volatile tribal region, in a cross-border strike coordinated with Pakistan's military, U.S...

11/19/08 AFP: Six Afghan soldiers, 10 militants killed in Afghanistan

Six Afghan soldiers were killed, one of them beheaded, in a battle with Taliban insurgents, authorities said on Tuesday. At least 10 militants, reportedly, also died in the fighting.Five of the soldiers were killed in a gunfight that erupted...

11/19/08 Quqnoos: Young woman burns herself alive in Zabul

A woman burnt herself alive on Tuesday. The 22 year old died of serious burns in a hospital in Zabul province, police confirmed.

11/18/08 ceskenoviny: Three Czech soldiers injured in Afghanistan

Three Czech soldiers were injured in the Afghan province Logar today when their vehicle drove over a home-made bomb, the Czech general staff said.

11/18/08 IRIN: Threat to aid deliveries as early snow blocks roads

Early snow has blocked roads to several districts where people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

11/18/08 RTTNews: 14 Islamic militants held in Afghanistan

U.S.-led coalition troops arrested 14 Islamic militants Monday in eastern Afghanistan. The detained include two Taliban commanders, the American military said Tuesday. The search operations were carried out in the provinces of Paktia...

11/18/08 BBC: Taleban reject Karzai peace plan

Taleban militants in Afghanistan have rejected an offer of peace talks from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. They have said that there can be no negotiations until foreign troops leave Afghanistan.

11/18/08 modoracle: Female Officer Injured in Afghan Blast

A woman Army officer?s legs were shattered in the giant blast that killed a Gurkha sniper in the Afghan badlands, it has emerged.

11/17/08 Reuters: 'Gulf War Syndrome' is real, report finds

A report released Monday concluded that "Gulf War Syndrome" is a legitimate condition suffered by more than 175,000 U.S. war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War.

11/17/08 MoD: Colour Sergeant Krishnabahadur Dura killed in Afghanistan

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Colour Sergeant Krishnabahadur Dura, of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, who was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 15 November 2008.

11/17/08 thisisplymouth: Marines snatch 'agent of Taliban'

MARINES from Plymouth have snatched a man identified as a key Taliban agent and seized a haul of weapons in a night-time swoop on a house in Kabul.

11/17/08 Quqnoos: Gunmen murder ex-district chief's son

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have shot and killed the son of a former district chief in the southern province of Kandahar. The murder of the son of Spin Boldak?s former chief, Gul Mohammad, happened on Sunday night in Kandahar City, police said.

11/17/08 RIA Novosti: Almost 40 Taliban militants killed in southern Afghanistan

A total of 38 Taliban militants have been killed in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, an Afghan Defense Ministry source said on Monday.

11/17/08 AP: Bomb aimed at soldiers kills 4 Afghan civilians

A roadside bomb aimed at Afghan soldiers in southern Afghanistan killed four civilians Monday, while a suicide bomb attack in the same region killed three other people, an official said.

11/17/08 AP: US Supply Trucks Resume Travel in Pakistan Pass

Pakistani security forces escorted container trucks and oil tankers through the Khyber Pass on Monday after Pakistan reopened the supply route critical to transporting supplies to NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

11/16/08 CNN: Car bomber targets convoy in Afghanistan

Two U.S. soldiers were wounded Sunday after their convoy was attacked by a suicide car bomber in western Afghanistan, the military said. The attack occurred in the city of Herat. The military did not release additional information.

11/16/08 AP: Hamid Karzai offers protection for Taliban leader as incentive for talks

Hamid Karzai, today offered to provide security for the Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Omar, if he agrees to enter peace talks, saying the US and other nations could remove him as Afghanistan's president if they disagree.

11/16/08 AFP: Afghan Troops kill 30 insurgents in Afghanistan

Afghan and international troops killed 30 militants in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, the US military said Sunday. The soldiers had been on patrol in the volatile province late Saturday when they spotted militants...

11/16/08 MoD: Soldier from 2nd Battalion the Royal Ghurkha Rifles killed in Helmand

the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 2nd Battalion the Royal Ghurkha Rifles was killed as a result of an explosion in the Musa Qala District of Helmand Province on Saturday 15 November 2008.

11/15/08 : DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Spc. Jonnie L. Stiles, 38, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., died Nov. 13 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 927th Engineer Company...

11/15/08 AP: 10 militants killed in eastern Afghanistan

A strike by coalition troops against a bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 militants, the U.S. military said Saturday. The troops were targeting several key figures in a network run by Jalaluddin Haqqani...

11/15/08 WaPo: German Supply Lines Flow With Beer in Afghanistan

Last year, the German armed forces shipped more than 260,000 gallons of home-brewed suds to its troops serving in northern Afghanistan, as well as more than 18,000 gallons of wine

11/15/08 AP: US says Afghanistan insurgent leader captured

Afghan and coalition forces captured an insurgent leader in eastern Afghanistan, and in a separate operation 10 militants were killed in a firefight, the U.S. military said Saturday.

11/15/08 BBC: Honouring 'The Fallen'

Three hundred British troops have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in seven years - a death toll film-maker Morgan Matthews set out to honour in a three-hour programme. What drove him to make such a harrowing documentary?

11/14/08 CNN: Taliban warns Obama (video)

In a CNN exclusive, a Pakistani Taliban delivers a warning to President-elect Barack Obama. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

11/14/08 AP: Japanese, Afghan reporters hurt in Pakistan ambush

A gunman ambushed a Japanese reporter and an Afghan colleague Friday, wounding both men and their Pakistani driver in the latest attack on foreigners in Pakistan's volatile northwest region in three days.

11/14/08 CNN: Afghan girl begs for bread, prays for help

Little Banafsha wakes up in her small mud home, has a cup of tea and braces herself for the day ahead. She is just 11 years old but she is the breadwinner for her family. Literally. Without the bread that she begs from strangers...

11/14/08 MoD: Marine Neil David Dunstan and Marine Robert Joseph McKibben killed in Afghanistan

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Marine Neil Dunstan and Marine Robert McKibben, both from the UK Landing Force Command Support Group, on Wednesday 12 November 2008.

11/14/08 AP: Acid attack keeps Afghan girls away from school

No students showed up at Mirwais Mena girls' school in the Taliban's spiritual birthplace the morning after it happened. A day earlier, men on motorcycles attacked 15 girls and teachers with acid.

11/14/08 Reuters: Suicide car bomber wounds 3 policemen in Khost province

A suicide car-bomber attacked a joint Afghan foreign force patrol in the eastern province of Khost, on the Pakistani border, wounding three policemen, the provincial governor said.

11/14/08 Reuters: U.S.-led soldiers kill 4 al Qaeda-linked militants in Paktia province

U.S.-led soldiers killed four al Qaeda-linked militants in Paktia province, near the Pakistani border, in an operation on Thursday against a network bringing Arabs and other foreign fighters into the country, the U.S. military said.

11/14/08 mailonsunday: 10,000 British troops 'will be fighting in Afghanistan'

The head of the British army has voiced concerns about moving troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, amid reports that 10,000 British soldiers could soon be fighting the Taliban.

11/14/08 AFP: Three Afghan construction workers gunned down

Three Afghan construction workers were gunned down by militants while a suicide attack wounded three policemen Friday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

11/14/08 Reuters: Missile attack kills 12 in Taliban stronghold

Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud.

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year

Year	US	Other	Total
2008	152	110	262
2007	117	115	232
2006	98	93	191
2005	99	31	130
2004	52	6	58
2003	48	9	57
2002	49	20	69
2001	12	0	12
Total	627	384	1011

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	12
2002	10	12	14	10	1	3	0	3	1	6	1	8	69
2003	4	7	12	2	2	7	2	4	2	6	8	1	57
2004	11	2	3	3	9	5	2	3	4	8	7	1	58
2005	2	2	6	19	4	29	2	33	12	10	7	4	130
2006	1	17	13	5	17	22	19	29	38	17	9	4	191
2007	2	18	10	20	25	24	29	34	24	15	22	9	232
2008	14	7	19	14	23	46	30	46	37	19	7	0	262

Fatalities By Country

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Country	Total
Australia	6
Canada	97
Czech	3
Denmark	16
Estonia	3
Finland	1
France	22
Germany	28
Hungary	2
Italy	13
Latvia	1
Lithuania	1
Netherlands	17
Norway	3
Poland	8
Portugal	2
Romania	8
South Korea	1
Spain	25
Sweden	2
UK	125
US	627
Total	1011

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