Saturday 15 August 2015

13,000 Afghan Security Forces Killed in the Last 3 Years

13,000 Afghan Security Forces Killed in the Last 3 Years - World News - ABC News Radio
The latest Afghan casualty numbers released by the Pentagon on Friday are based on information provided by the Afghan National Defense Security Force which includes the Afghan Army, Afghan National Police, Afghan Air Force and the Afghan Local Police.
They show that from January 1 to July 31, 2015 4,302 Afghan security personnel were killed in action and 8,009 wounded in combat with the Taliban. That’s a 36 percent increase over the same time frame last year when there were 3,337 killed and 5,746 wounded.

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