| 03/19/09 defence.gov.au: AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN An Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) while conducting operations in southern Afghanistan. Australian soldiers were conducting a route clearance early this morning local time when the IED was detected. |
| 03/18/09 theaustralian: Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan named as Corporal Mathew Hopkins THE latest Digger to be killed in Afghanistan, Corporal Mathew Hopkins, got to spend only four days with his newborn son before being sent overseas. Corporal Hopkins, 21, a Darwin-based married father of one, was shot by Afghan insurgents… |
| 03/17/09 AP: NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan NATO says one of its soldiers has died of wounds received in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan. The military alliance says the soldier died Monday. The NATO statement did not provide the soldier’s nationality… |
| 03/17/09 ntnews: Darwin soldier, 28, shot dead in Taliban battl The Digger, believed to be a 28-year-old Lance Corporal, is the first NT soldier - and the second non-special forces trooper - to die in action in the conflict zone since 2002. The soldier was from the Darwin-based 7th Battalion… |
| 03/17/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualties (3 of 3) Spc. Norman L. Cain III, 22, of Oregon, Ill…died March 15th as a result of injuries sustained in Kot, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. |
| 03/17/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualties (2 of 3) Spc. Robert M. Weinger, 24, of Round Lake Beach, Ill….died March 15th as a result of injuries sustained in Kot, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. |
| 03/17/09 : DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 of 3) Sgt. Christopher P. Abeyta, 23, of Midlothian, Ill…died March 15th as a result of injuries sustained in Kot, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. |
| 03/17/09 : DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty Staff Sgt. Timothy L. Bowles, 24, of Tucson, Ariz., died March 15 near Kot, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron… |
| 03/17/09 : DoD Identifies Marine Casualty Staff Sgt. Archie A. Taylor, 37, of Tomball, Texas, died March 14 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Kabul province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II MEF Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force… |
| 03/16/09 MoD: Corporal Dean Thomas John and Corporal Graeme Stiff killed in Afghanistan It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Corporal Graeme Stiff and Corporal Dean John of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Helmand province on Sunday 15 March 2009. |
| 03/16/09 theaustralian: Ninth Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan A ninth Australian soldier has died in Afghanistan after a firefight with 20 Taliban insurgents on Monday. The soldier was part of a mentoring and reconstruction taskforce patrol operating with members of the Afghan National Army… |
| 03/15/09 MoD: Two soldiers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers killed in Afghanistan two soldiers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving with 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards…died during the afternoon of Sunday 15 March 2009, as a result of an enemy explosion during a vehicle patrol in the Garmsir district |
| 03/15/09 kvoa: Tucson High graduate among soldiers killed in Afghanistan The father of 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles says the military notified him Sunday morning about his son’s death. Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Louis Bowles tells KVOA News his son graduated from Tucson High School… |
| 03/15/09 : Corporal Nicolas Belda killed in Afghanistan Indeed, at nightfall, Corporal Nicolas Belda, the recognition section of the 27th Battalion of Alpine (BCA) from Annecy, lost his life while he was aboard his VAB (vehicle shielded from the front), reached by a rocket fired by an insurgent. |
| 03/15/09 DPA: German soldier killed in traffic accident The sixth Nato fatality was a German soldier, who was killed in a traffic accident in northern Afghanistan, the German Defence Ministry said. |
| 03/15/09 MoD: Lance Corporal Christopher Harkett killed in Afghanistan Lance Corporal Christopher Harkett, aged 22, from Pontardawe in Swansea, died as a result of an explosion near Musa Qaleh in Afghanistan on the morning of Saturday 14 March 2009. He was part of a foot patrol from C Company… |
| 03/15/09 AFP: Four US soldiers killed in Afghanistan A string of bombs ripped through parts of Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four US soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials said, in attacks linked to a Taliban-led insurgency. |
| 03/15/09 AP: Four NATO troops killed in Afghanistan amid heavy unrest A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed four NATO troops Sunday…NATO did not disclose the victims’ nationalities or the exact location of the blast. Most of the troops in the country’s east are American… |
| 03/15/09 AP: Afghan NATO supply terminal attacked in Pakistan Suspected militants attacked a Pakistani transport terminal from which supplies are sent to NATO troops in Afghanistan, burning dozens of vehicles and shipping containers, police said. |
| 03/15/09 AFP: French in show of force in deadly Afghan valley It is still night when the convoy moves off, winding through hills like a huge snake: around 100 French armoured vehicles descend into a valley east of Kabul, their lights lacing through the darkness. |
| 03/14/09 AP: French soldier killed in clash in Afghanistan A French soldier has been killed by rocket fire during a clash with insurgents in Afghanistan…the soldier died during a large operation led by French and Afghan troops in the Kapisa region, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Kabul |
| 03/14/09 dailymail: British soldier killed in Afghanistan A British soldier was killed while on foot patrol in Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Regiment was injured in an explosion in Musa Qala District Centre, Northern Helmand. |
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