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Clashes kill at least 40 suspected Afghan rebels
NATO is investigating deaths of 7 civilian security workers
BY ERNESTO LONDONO
kabul — At least 40 suspected insurgents were killed Saturday in a spate of rare wintertime clashes, including an airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan in which 25 people reportedly died, NATO officials said. Afghan authorities said NATO
soldiers also killed seven civil- ians employed by a private secu- rity company early Saturday dur- ing an operation in the south- eastern province of Paktia. The incident appeared to be one of the most serious cases of civilian casualties in recentmonths. The fighting Saturday came a
day after a roadside bomb killed 15 civilians in southern Afghani- stan, according to Afghan offi- cials. The timing of the bloodshed
was unusual. Fighting typically tapers off during the winter months as Afghan insurgents hunker down. The violence also occurred
days before the Obama adminis- tration is due to receive an as- sessment from U.S. agencies of the state of thewar, a year after it authorized the dispatch to Af- ghanistan of an additional 30,000 troops. Secretary of Defense Robert
M. Gates said on a visit to Afghanistan last week that he was heartened by what he called signs of progress. But his trip through provinces where tough battles are being waged provided a sobering glimpse of the Tali- ban’s resilience. NATO’s statement on the latest
deadly military operations, is- sued late Saturday, provided few details about events that preced- ed the airstrike in the Nari dis- trict of Konar province. An air weapons team shot at
suspected insurgents afterNATO soldiers “reported an imminent threat,” the statement said with- out elaborating. Meanwhile, in Darah-ye Pech
district, also in Konar, NATO soldiers came under attack from
rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire while attempting to deactivate a bomb, military officials said. The soldiers shot back, “killing numerous insur- gents,” the statement said. Clashes in the south, including
an airstrike in Kandahar prov- ince, also led to the deaths of an unspecified number of suspected insurgents, NATO officials said. NATO said none of its troops
died during Saturday’s fighting. “Initial reports indicate no ci-
vilians were injured and no dam- age was reported in the above clearing operations,” the state- ment said. NATO airstrikes and night-
time raids have become highly controversial in Afghanistan be- cause of cases in which the soldiers have mistakenly killed civilians. Military officials said they
were investigating the circum- stances that caused the deaths of the seven employees of a private security company in Paktia prov- ince early Saturday. NATO and Afghan soldiers
were pursuing insurgents impli- cated ina recent suicide bombing near aNATObase in the province when they approached a vehicle with armed men, officials said. Soldiers instructed the men to exit the vehicle. When one of them got out
carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, the soldiers “assessed the indi- vidual to be hostile and shot him,” NATO said in a separate statement. A shootout ensued between the man’s colleagues and the soldiers, which resulted in the deaths of the six other men. Local residents took to the
streets hours after the incident to protest what they called Ameri- can troops’ excessive use of force. Demonstrators burned tires, threwrocks at security forces and chanted anti-American slogans. NATO said in its statement
that it takes allegations of civil- ian casualties seriously and that it is investigating “who the indi- viduals were, why they were armed and why they were in that area at that time of themorning.”
londonoe@washpost.com
Special correspondent Javed Hamdard contributed to this report.
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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:
1,415
In hostile actions:
Fatalities 1,097
In non- hostile actions:
318
Tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting.
l Sgt. 1st Class James E. Thode, 45, of Kirtland, N.M.; 1457th Engineer Battalion, 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Utah Army National Guard, based in Salt Lake City. Killed Dec. 2 in Khost province.
l Lance Cpl. Lucas C. Scott, 20, of Peebles, Ohio; 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Killed Dec. 3 in Helmand province.
l Staff Sgt. VincentW. Ashlock, 45, of Seaside, Calif.; 890th Engineer Battalion, 168th Engineer Brigade, Mississippi Army National Guard, based in Lucedale. Died Dec. 4 in Khost province of noncombat injuries.
l Sgt. Nicholas J. Aleman, 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Deployment Processing Command-East, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Killed Dec. 5 in Paktia province.
l Staff Sgt. Jason A. Reeves, 32, of Odessa, Tex.; 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, based in Hohenfels, Germany. Killed Dec. 5 in Paktia province.
l Pfc. ColtonW. Rusk, 20, of Orange Grove, Tex.; 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Killed Dec. 6 in Helmand province.
l Cpl. Derek A.Wyatt, 25, of Akron, Ohio; 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Killed Dec. 6 in Helmand province.
l Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, Wash.; 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Died Dec. 7 at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda of wounds suffered Nov. 24 in Helmand 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
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