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The War in Afghanistan R U.N. report on Afghanistan notes surge in attacks and killings by Ernesto Londoño
kabul — Security in Afghani- stan has deteriorated markedly in recent months, with a spike in roadside bombs, complex attacks and assassinations, according to a U.N. report released Saturday. The report comes as the U.S.
military is deploying an addition- al 30,000 troops to Afghanistan this summer in an effort to quell a rebounding insurgency. The surge in violence has prompted U.S. lawmakers to ask pointed questions about the Oba- ma administration’s Afghanistan strategy, while U.S. commanders have urged caution, saying that they are making progress under difficult circumstances. Roadside bomb attacks during
the first four months of the year increased by an “alarming” 94 percent, compared with the same period last year, U.N. Secre- tary General Ban Ki-moon said in the organization’s quarterly re- port to the Security Council. The United Nations also re-
Afghanistan war deaths
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:
1,108 Fatalities
In
hostile actions:
In
non-hostile actions:
817 291
Tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting.
K Spec. Matthew R. Catlett, 23, of Houston.
K Spec. Charles S. Jirtle, 29, of Law- ton, Okla.
K Sgt. Joshua A. Lukeala, 23, of Yigo, Guam.
K Spec. Blaine E. Redding, 22, of Plattsmouth, Neb. The four soldiers were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Air- borne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Ky. They were killed June 7 in Konar province.
K Sgt. Mario Rodriguez, 24, of Smith- ville, Tex.; 264th Clearance Company, 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed June 11 in Powrak.
K Spec. Brian M. Anderson, 24, of Harrisonburg, Va.; 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Com- bat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), based at Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed June 12 in Za Khel.
K Spec. Benjamin D. Osborn, 27, of Queensbury, N.Y.; 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed June 15 in Konar province.
K Lance Cpl. Michael C. Bailey, 29, of Park Hills, Mo.; 3rd Battalion, 7th Ma- rine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Killed June 16 in Helmand province.
K Cpl. Jeffrey R. Standfest, 23, of St. Clair, Mich.; 3rd Combat Engineer Bat- talion, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twenty- nine Palms, Calif. Killed June 16 in Hel- mand province.
All troops were killed in action in Afghanistan unless otherwise indicated.
Total fatalities include two civilian employees of the Defense Department. They also include service members killed in other locations involved in Operation Enduring Freedom, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Pakistan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Uzbekistan; and Yemen.
A full list of casualties is available online at
www.washingtonpost.com/ nation.
SOURCE: Defense Department’s www
defenselink.mil/news
. THE WASHINGTON POST
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ported a 45 percent increase in assassinations, saying an average of seven people were killed each week during the first four months of the year. Most of the assassina- tions occurred in southern and eastern provinces, where several government officials have been killed in recent months. U.N. officials said the number of coordinated attacks has also increased, with an average of two per month, roughly double last
year’s average. Two of the recent coordinated attacks targeted guesthouses used by foreign civil- ians in the capital and Helmand province, in southern Afghani- stan. “The shift to more complex sui-
cide attacks demonstrates a growing capability of the local terrorist networks” linked to al- Qaeda, the report said. As thousands of new U.S. troops have begun arriving in Af-
ghanistan, NATO casualties have also spiked. At least 53 NATO troops have been killed this month, including 34 U.S. service members. If the casualty rate re- mains steady, June could become the deadliest month for the U.S.- led international force in the nearly nine-year war. The U.N. report said that at least 395 people died as a result of armed conflict between April and June, a decrease of 1 percent
compared with the same period in 2009. Insurgent attacks caused about 70 percent of those deaths, the United Nations said, slightly more than during the last report- ing period. The agency recog- nized NATO’s efforts to avoid ci- vilian casualties, which include more judicious use of airstrikes. However, NATO forces contin- ue to rely on airstrikes. On Satur- day, officials said that troops fired “precision airstrikes” in self-de-
fense during clashes with the Haqqani insurgent group along the border of Khost and Paktia provinces, which border Paki- stan. The Haqqani group, which has close ties to the Afghan Tali- ban, has emerged as one of the biggest threats to NATO troops. NATO officials said they were
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