| Afghanistan 2005 |
| Province of occurrence Herat Kunar Uruzgan Kandahar Helmand Herat Logar Farah Helmand Zabul Kabul Paktika Kandahar Kandahar Kandahar Paktika Helmand Uruzgan Kunar Kandahar Zabul Kandahar Nangarhar Ghazni, Badhgis Zabul Helmand Zabul Kandahar Zabul Kandahar Helmand Uruzgan Paktika Paktika Paktika Khost Zabul Helmand Kandahar Kandahar Helmand Farah, Zabul Helmand Kandahar Laghman Kandahar Kunar Kunar Kunar Uruzgan Khost Paktika Helmand Helmand Paktia Uruzgan n/a Kandahar Paktika Kandahar Helmand Uruzgan Uruzgan Helmand Nuristan Zabul Paktika Wardak Zabul Ghazni Paktika Helmand Kandahar Kunar Kandahar Ghazni Zabul, Uruzgan Zabul Paktika Herat Zabul Kandahar Helmand Zabul Ghazni Kandahar Zabul Zabul Kandahar Khost Uruzgan Paktika Uruzgan Zabul Kandahar and Kunar Helmand Kabul Kunar Kandahar Helmand Helmand Helmand Zabul Paktia Helmand Uruzgan Kandahar Kandahar Helmand Helmand Kandahar Kunar Helmand Nangarhar Paktia Kandahar Uruzgan Balkh Paktia Helmand Ghazni Uruzgan Khost Helmand Helmand Kunar Kabul Paktika Paktika Khost Kabul Uruzgan Uruzgan Nangarhar Balkh Paktika Zabul Kandahar Helmand Helmand Uruzgan Helmand Zabul Helmand Kandahar Zabul Uruzgan Kunar Ghazni Kunar Helmand |
| Number of deaths 1 US soldier 1 US soldier 1 soldier 9 soldiers 9 soldiers 1 US soldier 4 US soldiers 4 police 9 soldiers 5 police 2 police 1 soldier 1 soldier 1 Rom. soldier 2 police 1 militia 6 police 1 US soldier 3 police 2 police 1 police 9 soldiers 2 US soldiers 2 police 2 soldiers 1 police 1 US soldier 5 police 4 police 1 police 1 militia 1 soldier 3 US soldiers 2 US soldiers 1 US soldier 1 police 1 bdyguard 1 soldier 1 soldier 8 police 1 intell. off. 2 police 1 police 3 police 3 police 2 police 4 police 16 US soldiers 3 US soldiers 6 police 1 police 2 police, 2 soldiers 2 police 10 police 12 soldiers 1 police 1 soldier 7 police 2 soldiers 1 police 1 US soldier 3 afgh., 1 US sold. 3 bdyguards 1 police 4 police, 4 soldiers 1 intell. off. 1 US soldier 1 police 1 US soldier 1 US soldier 1 US soldier 1 police 1 police 1 afgh., 1 US soldier 2 US solders 1 police 4 police 4 US soldiers 1 US soldier 3 police 1 US soldier 3 police 4 police 4 police 6 police 1 police 1 intell. off. 4 police 1 French soldier 2 police 3 police 2 soldiers 1 soldier 5 US soldiers 2 US soldiers 2 police 9 soldiers 2 police 1 US sold., 1 Afgh. sold. 1 police 4 police 1 US soldier 1 US soldier 1 police 19 police 6 police 2 police 4 police 4 intell. personell 2 soldiers 2 police 1 intell. agent 9 police 1 police 1 police 1 police 1 soldier 1 UK soldier 1 US soldier 5 police 1 police 7 police 1 police 2 police 3 police 2 militia 1 german soldier 1 US soldier 5 police 1 police 1 portug. soldier 1 US soldier 3 police 2 police 2 swedish soldiers 1 intell. off. 1 police 2 police 1 police 1 police 1 soldier 1 police 1 police 9 police 1 US soldier 3 police 1 police 3 police 1 police 1 US soldier, 1 Afgh. sold. 4 police |
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| Description of clashes A US soldier was killed in an exchange of fire near Shindand airfield. (Al Jazeera) One US soldier was killed and three were wounded when a patrol was attacked near Asadabad. (Al Jazeera) One soldier died and 12 were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. (Al Jazeera) Nine soldiers were killed when a mine exploded near their vehicle near Spin Boldak. (Al Jazeera) 9 afghan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was ambushed in Helmand. (Al Jazeera) A landmine exploded near a group of US soldiers near Shindand, killing one soldier. (Al Jazeera) Four US soldiers were killed when a mine detonated under their vehicle 40 km southwest of Kabul. (Al Jazeera) An attack on the border police in Farah province killed four policemen. (AFP) Taliban insurgents attacked district offices of the Afgh. gov. in Helmand, killing 9 soldiers. Gunmen killed 5 policemen in southern Afghanistan, on a main road in Zabul. (Reuters) Gunmen shot dead two police officers in Kabul. (Xinhuanet) One afghan soldier died in a firefight in Paktika province. (Saudi Press Agency) One soldier was killed and another wounded when their vehicle struck a mine. (AFP) One Romanian soldier died when their military convoy hit a mine. (AFP) Militants attacked the gov. office of Reg distr. in Kandahar province, killing two policemen. (AFP) Militants executed a pro-government militia commander in Paktika province. (AFP) Taliban fighters ambushed a police chiefs convoy in Helmand province, killing 6 police. (Reuters) A US patrol was ambushed in Uruzgan province, an one US soldier was killed. (Reuters) A landmine blast killed the counter-narcotics police and wounded two others. (AFP) A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police vehicle, killing two police. (AAP) Insurgents attacked government troops in Zabul province, where 1 policeman got killed. (Reuters) Nine afghan soldiers were killed and three wounded when they were ambushed. (AFP) Two US soldiers were killed in a clash with a group of insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. (AFP) Several days of rioting in Afghan cities killed at least 2 police in Ghazni and Badhgis provinces. (Xinhuanet) Two afghan soldiers were killed and five injured in a landmine blast near Qalat. (AFP) Militants ambushed a vehicle that had police escort, killing one policeman. (Iriish Examiner) A bomb exploded near a US military patrol in Zabul province, killing one US soldier. (AP) Five police officials died in a land mine blast near Spin Boldak, Kandahar. (GEO) Taliban militants attacked a police headquarters in Arghandab district, killing four police. (AFP) Kabul police chief was among 27 people killed in a blast in a mosque in Kandahar. (AFP) A remote controlled bomb killed a local militia commander in Lashkargah, Helmand province. (AFP) Insurgents stopped a taxi and killed an afghan soldier on a road north of Kandahar. (AFP) A bomb exploded next to a US military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, who died later. (AP) Two US soldiers were killed in a mortar attack on their military base in Paktika province. (AP) One US soldier was killed during fighting in Paktika province during an ambush by militants. (Gadsden Times) A mine exploded as a policeman was trying to defuse it, killing the policeman. (AP) A bodyguard travelling with the district chief of Deh Chopan was killed by an IED. (AFP) A roadside bomb exploded in Helmand province, killing a soldier and wounding three police. (Reuters) The Afghan National Army launched an operation on the outskirts of Kandahar. (AFP) Taliban militants executed 8 captured policemen captured a few days earlier near Kandahar. (AFP, AP) In intelligence chief and two other officials were killed during an ambush in Helmand. (AFP) During two separate attacks in Farah and Zabul, two policemen were killed (AFP) Militants attacked a district in Helmand province, killing one policeman. (AFP) Several days of fighting in Mian Nisheen in the Kandahar area left 3 policemen killed. (RFE/RL) Three policemen died in an ambush on a police vehicle in the eastern Laghman province. (AFP) Two police were killed and three wounded by an IED in Kandahar. (AFP) Four policemen were killed after militants detonated a landmine in Kunar province. (AFP) A US helicopter was shot down by militants in eastern Kunar province. (AFP) Three US soldiers got killed after their reconnasence patrol was ambushed in eastern Kunar. (AFP) During two days of fighting in Uruzgan, six policemen got killed. (AFP) A policeman got killed when he tried to defuse a rocket pointing toward a US base in Khost. (AFP) A roadside bomb tore through convoy, killing two soldiers and two police in Paktika province. (AFP) Militants behaded two captured policemen in Helmand province. (AFP) 10 police were killed in an ambush on a police convoy in the Deshu district in Helmand province. (AFP) At least 12 soldiers were killed and two wounded after their vehicle ran over a land mine. (AFP) One policeman got killed and another injured in a gunbattle with militants in Uruzgan province. (AFP) One soldier is killed in a rocket attack on an Afghan army post (Reuters) Taliban guerillas raided a police post, killing 7 officers. The attack happened in Shoravak. (Star Tribune) A blast under an army truck in a road in Paktika killed two afghan soliders. (Al Jazeera) A highway policeman was killed in an attack just outside Kandahar. (AFP) A US soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack near the town of Giriskh. (Reuters) Fighting in Uruzgan province killed 3 afghan and one US soldier. (Guardian Unlimited) The district chief of Chahar Chino and three of his bodyguards were killed. (RFE/RL) Armed men shot dead a traffic police officer in the southern Helmand province. (Xinhua) Four police and four soldiers were killed in an attack on a chekpoint in Nuristan. (AFP) The head of intelligence in Zabul was shot dead by suspected Taliban insurgents. (AFP) One US soldier was killed in an IED strike near Orgun-E in Paktika. (CENTCOM) One afghan policeman was killed when militants attacked a police checkpoint. (AFP) One US soldier died in fighting in Deh Chopan in Zabul province. (AFP) One US soldier died and one was wounded when a bomb hit their vehicle. (AFP) One US soldier was killed and another injured when rebels ambushed a group of engineers. (AFP) Four people, including a policeman were beheaded for spying for the US-led military. (AFP) A bomb hit a bus transporting policemen from a training centre, killing one and wounding 13. (AFP) A US marine and an afghan soldier were killed while fighting militants in Kunar province. (AFP) Two US soldiers were killed and two wounded when an IED struck their vehicle. (CENTCOM) A staffer of the crime control branch of the provincial police was killed in Ghazni province. (Pajhwok Afgh. News) Two roadside bombs exploded near police convoys in Zabul and Uruzgan, killing 4 police. (AP) A bomb exploded under a wooden bridge a Humvees was crossing it, killing 4 US sold. (AP) One US soldier was killed and four wounded when a bomb hit their vehicle. (AFP) Three Afghan policemen were killed in a search operation for a British hostage. (Xinhua) A US soldier was killed in a clash with militants in Daychopan district. (AP) Taliban militants executed three policemen after abducting them in Ghorak district. (Xinhuanet) In Dishu district, a police chief and his 3 bodyguards were killed in an ambush. (AFP) In the southern province og Zabul, four policemen were killed in two separate attacks. (AFP) Six policemen and two militants were killed after Taliban rebels attacked a checkpoint. (BBC) Taliban rebels attacked a police patrol, sparking a gunbattle that left one officer dead. (AP) Taliban guerillas hanged an intelligence official in south-eastern Afghanistan. (AFP) Four police officers were killed when guerillas ambushed a police patrol in Zabul. (Al Jazeera) A French soldier was killed and one wounded in an attack near Spin Boldak. (AFP) Rebels attacked a security post and killed two policemen. (AFP) Three police were killed in an attack in the Gizab district in Uruzgan province. (AFP) Two afghan soldiers were killed as they came in contact with Taliban rebels. (Xinhuanet) Ten insurgents and an afghan soldier were killed in an operation in southern Afghanistan. (AFP) Military investigators have determined that a helic. crash in Zabul was the result of hostile action. (AP) Two US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks, with two militants also killed in return fire. (AFP) Two civilians and two policemen were killed when a bomb ripped through their vehicle. (AFP) A suicide attack killed nine soldiers and wounded 28 at a military training camp in Kabul. (AP) Two policemen were killed in a suspected mine blast in eastern Kunar province. (Reuters) One US and one afghan soldier were killed north of Kandahar during combat operations. (CENTCOM)) An afghan policeman was killed and four others wounded in an attack by afghan insurgents. (AFP) Four Afghan police when they came under attack from American soldiers. (Xinhua) A US soldier was killed in an explosion in the southern province of Helmand. (Xinhuanet) A US soldier was killed and another was wounded in a firefight in Zabul province. (AFP) In a rocket attack on Gardiz, a policeman from the highway department was killed. (Xinhuanet) Taliban rebels ambushed a police convoy in southern Afghanistan and killed 19 police officers, an official said. (AP) The police were killed by suspected Taliban rebels who amushed their convoy. (AP) Two police were killed and 13 others wounded as suspected Taliban militants ambushed a poilce convoy. (Xinhuanet) US troops and Afghan police opened fire on each other in a friendly fire incedent. (AFP) Suspected militants gunned down the director of intelligence department and three of his bodyguards. (Xinhuanet) Two afghan soldiers were killed as their vehicle hit a land mine. (Xinhuanet) A car bomb killed a deputy police chief and one of his bodyguards. (AP) An intelligence agent was killed by a roadside bomb while riding his bicycle. (AP) Taliban fighters ambushed a police convoy in a remote district of Helmand province. (AFP) An officer killed east of Kabul was instructor of the police academy in Jalalabad. (KUNA) Unidentified armed men sneaked into the house of a police officer and killed him. (KUNA) A bomb fixed to a bicycle exploded in Kandahar on Thursday, killing av policeman. (AFP) US and Afghan troops clashed with militants in Uruzgan province, in which an afghan soldier died. (AFP) A British soldier was killed and five wounded in an attack in Mazar-I-Sharif. (Reuters) A US soldier died after his patrol came under fire at Lwara in eastern Afghanistan. (Reuters) Taliban insurgents killed 5 policemen in a gun-battle in the Bahramcha area. (AFP) One police officer was killed in an attack on a police post in Ab Band district. (AFP) Seven police were killed in an ambush on a highway between Uruzgan province and Kandahar. (AFP) One policeman was killed and six were wounded in an attack on police headquarters in Khost. (AFP) Two policemen on patrol were shot dead in Helmand province. (AFP) Three policemen were killed when their vehicle came under fire. (AFP) A remote-controlled bomb killed two tribal militia in Kunar province. (AFP) Two suicide car bombers targeted NATO soldiers in Kabul, killing one soldier from Germany. (AFP) A bomb exploded near US and Afghan troops, killing one US soldier and wounding another. (AP) Five policemen were killed when their vehicle rammed a landmine in Paktika. (Xinhuanet) The body of a policeman kidnapped the day before was found in the city of Khost. (AFP) An explosion in Bagrami district of Kabul killed one NATO-soldier from Portugal. (AFP) One US soldier and an Afghan interpreter was killed when a HMMWV struck an IED near Tarin Kowt. (CENTCOM) Three policemen were killed in Charchino district in Uruzgan. (AFP) Two police officers were killed in a blast at the police headquarters in Khogyani district. (Reuters) Two swedish soldier died and two were wounded in a roadside bomb-attack near Mazar-i-Sharif. (AFP) Around 20 rockets struck several governement buildings in Sharana, killing one intell. off. (AFP) One police officer died and one was injured in an attack in Mizan district. (Xinhua) A bomb detonated under the vehicle of the head of Shawali Kot district, killing two policemen. (AFP) Taliban fighters ambushed a police patrol in Nawzad district, killing one and wounding five. (AFP) In an attack against the police in Nadali district in Helmand, one police and two civilians were killed. (Xinhua) In clashes in Charcheno district, one Afghan soldier and several Taliban were killed. (Reuters) In an ambush in Baghnai district in Helmand, one policeman died and two were wounded. (AFP) In an attack in Zabul province, one policeman died and one was slightly injured. (AFP) In two attacks in Hazar Joft and Baghran districts, nine policemen were killed and six injured. (Reuters + Xinhua) One US soldier died and one US and one Afghan was injured in a clash in Kandahar province. (Reuters) Insurgents stormed a police checkpost and killed three policemen. (AFP) One policeman was killed during a clash in Deh Rahwood, the provincial governor told AFP. Three policemen were killed and one was missing following an attack by insurgents in Kunar province. (AFP) One policeman and two militants were killed in a clash in Ghazni Province. (AFP) One US and one Afghan soldier died and two US solders were wounded in an attack in Kunar province. (Reuters) Four policemen were killed and seven others wounded by a bomb in Hazar Joft district. (AFP) |
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| 1 3 5 11 116 5 13 75 6 40 3 4 5 8 15 26 43 1 44 1 352 66 7 425 |
| Minimum military killed per province |
| Badhgis Balkh Farah Ghazni Helmand Herat Kabul Kandahar Khost Kunar Laghman Logar Nangarhar Nuristan Paktia Paktika Uruzgan Wardak Zabul n/a Afgh. military US military Other nations All Military |
| Note: Accidental deaths are not included. |