Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians

Abstract

This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also include American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen. Casualty data of U.S. military forces are compiled by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as tallied from the agency's press releases. Also included are statistics on those wounded but not killed. Statistics may be revised as circumstances are investigated and as records are processed through the U.S. military's casualty system. More frequent updates are available at DOD's website at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/ under "Casualty Update." A detailed casualty summary of U.S. military forces that includes data on deaths by cause, as well as statistics on soldiers wounded in action, is available at the following DOD website: http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520757

Entities

People

  • Susan G. Chesser

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Army Personnel
  • Asia
  • Casualties
  • Congress
  • Death
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Fatalities
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Statistics
  • United Nations
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Trauma or Military Medicine