INDEPTH: AFGHANISTAN
In the line of duty: Canada's casualties
CBC News Online | Updated October 16, 2006
At a glance: Deaths in Afghanistan
| Deaths by year |
|---|
| 2006 | 34 military, 1 diplomat |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 |
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| How they died |
|---|
| Combat / attacked / explosions | 33 |
| Friendly fire | 6 |
| Accidental | 4 |
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Canada's Casualties
| Casualties | Outcome | Date |
|---|
| Canadians killed since 2002: 43 |
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Sgt. Darcy Tedford |
Killed |
Killed on Oct. 14, 2006 after militants ambushed them with grenades and gunfire.CBC Story |
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Pte. Blake Williamson |
Killed |
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Trooper Mark Andrew Wilson |
Killed |
Killed by a roadside bomb on Oct. 7, 2006, in the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar. CBC Story |
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Sgt. Craig Paul Gillam |
Killed |
Killed after sustained mortar and small arms attack on Oct. 3, 2006. Five other soldiers wounded. CBC Story |
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Cpl. Robert Thomas James Mitchell |
Killed |
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Pte. Josh Klukie |
Killed |
Killed in an explosion, September 29, 2006 CBC Story |
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Pte. David Byers |
Killed |
Killed by suicide bomber while they were on a security patrol, September 18, 2006 CBC Story |
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Cpl. Glen Arnold |
Killed |
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Cpl. Shane Keating |
Killed |
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Cpl. Keith Morley |
Killed |
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Private Mark Anthony Graham |
Killed |
Two U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts mistakenly fire on Canadian soldiers, Sept. 4, 2006CBC Story |
|
30 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Sgt. Shane Stachnik |
Killed |
Air and ground offensive against the Taliban, Sept. 3, 2006CBC Story |
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Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish |
Killed |
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Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan |
Killed |
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Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley |
Killed |
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9 soldiers |
Wounded |
|
1 soldier |
Wounded |
Mortar attack, Aug. 28, 2006CBC Story |
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1 soldier |
Wounded |
Mortar attack, Aug. 27, 2006CBC Story |
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Cpl. David Braun |
Killed |
Suicide Attack, Aug. 22, 2006CBC Story |
|
3 Soldiers |
Wounded |
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Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom |
Killed |
Suicide bombing, Aug. 11, 2006CBC Story |
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Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh |
Killed |
Shooting accident, Aug. 9, 2006CBC Story |
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Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt |
Killed |
Traffic accident, Aug. 5, 2006
CBC Story |
|
3 Soldiers |
Wounded |
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Sgt. Vaughn Ingram |
Killed |
Rocket attack, Aug. 3, 2006
CBC Story |
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Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller |
Killed |
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Pte. Kevin Dallaire |
Killed |
|
6 soldiers |
Wounded |
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3 soldiers |
Wounded |
Roadside bomb, Aug. 3, 2006
CBC story
|
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Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid |
Killed |
Roadside bomb, Aug. 3, 2006
CBC Story |
|
1 soldier |
Wounded |
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Cpl. Francisco Gomez |
Killed |
Suicide attack, July 22, 2006
CBC Story |
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Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren |
Killed |
|
8 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Cpl. Anthony Boneca |
Killed |
Firefight, July 9, 2006
CBC story
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|
2 soldiers |
Wounded |
Firefight, July 8, 2006
CBC story
|
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2 soldiers |
Wounded |
Rocket attack, June 30, 2006
CBC story
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2 soldiers |
Wounded |
Suicide attack, June 21, 2006
CBC story
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|
4 soldiers |
Wounded |
Roadside bomb, June 21, 2006
CBC story
|
|
5 soldiers |
Wounded |
Roadside bomb, May 25, 2006
CBC story |
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Capt. Nichola Goddard |
Killed |
Combat, May 17, 2006
Details
|
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Cpl. Matthew Dinning |
Killed |
Roadside bomb, April 22, 2006
Details |
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Bombardier Myles Mansell |
Killed |
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Lt. William Turner |
Killed |
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Cpl. Randy Payne |
Killed |
|
2 soldiers |
Wounded |
Roadside bomb, April 19, 2006
Details |
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3 soldiers |
Injured |
Traffic accident, April 14, 2006
Details |
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2 soldiers |
Injured |
Traffic accident, April 2, 2006
Details |
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1 soldier |
Wounded |
Suicide attack, March 30, 2006Details |
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Pte. Robert Costall |
Killed |
Firefight, March 29, 2006
Details |
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3 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Capt. Trevor Greene |
Wounded |
Axe attack, March 4, 2006Details |
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5 soldiers |
Wounded |
Suicide attack, March 3, 2006
Details |
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Cpl. Paul Davis |
Killed |
LAV III crash, March 2, 2006
Details |
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Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson |
Killed |
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5 soldiers |
Injured |
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3 soldiers |
Injured |
G-wagon rollover, Feb. 15, 2006
Details |
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Diplomat Glyn Berry |
Killed |
Suicide attack, Jan. 15, 2006
Details |
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3 soldiers |
Wounded |
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3 soldiers and 1 journalist |
Wounded |
IED attack, Dec. 12, 2005
Details |
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Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield |
Killed |
LAV III rollover, Nov. 24, 2005
Details |
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4 soldiers |
Injured |
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Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy |
Killed |
Suicide attack, Jan. 27, 2004
Details |
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3 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Sgt. Robert Alan Short |
Killed |
Landmine explosion, Oct. 2, 2003
Details |
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Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger |
Killed |
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3 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Sgt. Marc D. Leger |
Killed |
"Friendly fire" incident, April 18, 2002
Details |
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Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer |
Killed |
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Pte. Richard Green |
Killed |
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Pte. Nathan Smith |
Killed |
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8 soldiers |
Wounded |
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Capital: Kabul
Area: 647,500 km sq. (same size as Manitoba)
Population: 28,513,000 (2004)
Head of State: Hamid Karzai
Unemployment: 78%
GDP (2003): $20 billion US (est.)
Exports to Canada (2003): $618,889
Imports from Canada (2003): $9 million
Median Age: 17.5
Life expectancy at birth: 42.46
Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
(Source: CIA World Fact Book, Government of Canada)
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