Comments on: Afghanistan Troop Casualties

By: AusArmy

AusArmy — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:22:06 +0000

If you can you should read the book ‘Taliban’ by James Ferguson. It is a real eye opener to the way the Taliban works and how they were created.

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:33:28 +0000

Get your facts right. Besides the fact that the French troops in Afghanistan are 4000 and not 3300 as indicated here, they are engaged in the volatile Eastern sector of Surobi-Kapisa, controlling the Khyber Pass, one of the major Taliban infiltration routes from Pakistan. The incidents in this region are daily specially in the Kapisa region and the French on the ground have the same ROE than the US. The French have mostly pacified the Surobi area and there are currently two-three major attack operations a month in the Kapisa one. I won't answer for the Germans, but initially they were put in a much quieter area in the North (which isn't anymore) and anyway as a decision of the US order of battle. Your comment, in its blatant ignorance, is typical from people who like to bash others. Do a minimum of reading before spewing idiocies which are insults to the ones who died there.

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Má»™t TrÄƒm Äá»™ - Káº¿t ná»‘i Cá»™ng Ä‘á»“ng blog Viá»‡t — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:43:32 +0000

Could you compile a civilian casualty map over the year? I guess it will be huge.

By: christmas shopping

christmas shopping — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:42:59 +0000

Really an amazing post. One i thing i want to point out is Taleban know that murdering soldiers and civilians working in Iraq and it will work in Afghanistan also.

By: Wiki

Wiki — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:56:36 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29

Although no-one’s counting, various reports have said Afghan civilian deaths are at 12,460 – 32,057 since 2001 – with between 60% and 89% killed by/due to the US-led forces, the rest through ‘insurgent actions’.

Even 32K is only 11 civilians per day of war, 12k is 4 deaths per day. Both seem ridiculously low, but why not add to your graph anyway.

By: Hyster

Hyster — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:23:05 +0000

“The only thing that is relevant is that the Taleban know that murdering soldiers and civilians working in Iraq and it will work in Afghanistan too. There would be no support for the Taliban if anyone seriously thought that the coalition would stay and finish the job. The real enemy isnâ€™t the Taliban, itâ€™s the sick hypocrisy of the â€œanti-warâ€ movements, the ngoâ€™s, and the news media that makes them possible. The real enemies are among us.”

No,. the real enemy is the ignorant belief that history began the day you were born. The Taliban are monsters of our own making – just fine when they fight along with the other mujahadeen against the Soviets; very inconvenient when they stand in the way of “American interests”. Pull your head out Mr. Kantor.

By: louise

louise — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:06:46 +0000

I think if you did this visualisation again now, the story would be different considering over 200 have now died this year. Unfortunately your prediction for 2009 didnt materialise :(

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:32:00 +0000

As far as the Canadian media tells it, we (Canadians) are in the most dangerous province. Hence the high proportion of casualties. Although I know there are some other very difficult palces, so I don’t totally trust the ‘most’ part of that. It’s a risky mission, however.
Thanks for that. Great thing to visualize, really helps put it in perspective.
B

By: James Growe

James Growe — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:26:04 +0000

I chime in with one of the last comments. I would REALLY like to see how small these dots look when next to the dot corresponding to the number of innocent civilians killed! If you could do this, please update!!!!

James

By: david

david — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:01:10 +0000

good question. Can you dig up any data?