500th U.S. service member dies in Afghanistan

By: crystalw

Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 year ago

2 0

A sailor killed in Afghanistan on Saturday was the 500th U.S. service member to die in that country since the war there began in 2001.

Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris of Lexington, North Carolina, was 36.

Twenty-two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan in August, part of a recent increase in American deaths there. In June, 28 U.S. service members died in Afghanistan -- the United States' highest one-month total in that country.

Including deaths from the United States' coalition partners, 46 service members were killed in August, equaling the coalition total for June. Forty-six is the highest one-month total for coalition forces.

But Afghan and coalition forces killed more than four times as many insurgents -- 220 -- in one week last month in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. coalition said.

The battles occurred in Helmand province from August 25 through Saturday, the coalition said. The battles also led to the discovery of weapons caches.

Since the start of the Afghanistan war, 940 coalition troops have been killed, including Americans.

Reach
Credibility

READ MORE: War, Afghanistan, Service Members

More News From: Kabul : Afghanistan

Related Allvoices Contributions

A Chilly Reception in Texas for Obama's Afghan Troop Surge

By: BorderExplorer

"This war, destructive of humanity like all wars, is also supporting a corrupt, ineffective Afghani government and has all likelihood of becoming an endless quagmire. ~ Joe Heyman, Border Peace Downtown El Paso was uncharacteristically coated this morning with a snowfall that closed the county offices and the Universit...

8 days ago
Obama Speech As Delivered By White House

By: robertweller

Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan – the nature of our commitment there, the scope of our interests, and the strategy that my Administration will pursue to bring this war to a ...

8 days ago
Afghan policeman kills five British troops..

By: lilyrae

Five British soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a gun attack by a "rogue" Afghan policeman in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence said today. The soldiers – three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the RoyalMilitary police – were killed by gunshot wounds suffered in the attack, which happened in ...

about 1 month ago
Fourteen Americans Die in Afghan Chopper Crashes

By: AliceCullen

Helicopter crashes killed fourteen Americans on Monday — 11 troops and three drug agents — in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came just as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale conference on the future of the war. The ...

about 1 month ago
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- >

News Stories

Kajaki dam: Contentious, costly, and a failure

News Source: The Guardian | about 1 year ago

The Guardian , Thursday September 4 2008 The Kajaki dam is a monument to failed foreign dreams in Afghanistan. It was built by the Americans in the early 1950s as a cold war showcase, the sort of mega-scheme that was supposed to modernise the...
Mistaken-fire incident leaves 6 Iraqi troops dead

News Source: CNN | about 1 year ago

The deadly incident comes two days after a teenage suicide bomber launched an attack in Tarmiya that badly wounded Imad al-Mashhadani, the head of the town's Awakening Council. Awakening Councils are predominantly Sunni fighters supported by the...
Afghan troops kill and wound 15 suspected insurgents

News Source: China News | about 1 year ago

Afghan troops backed by the international forces killed and injured 15 suspected Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's southern provinces of Uruzgan and Helmand, Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. "The operation occurred in Deh...
Afghan civilian deaths overstated in coalition attack: U.S. probe

News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 year ago

ET The Associated Press A U.S. United Nations and Afghan allegations that U.S.-led coalition forces killed dozens of civilians in an August attack found Tuesday that seven of the dead were civilians. An Afghan government commission concluded that 90...
500th U.S. service member dies in Afghanistan

News Source: CNN | about 1 year ago

A sailor killed in Afghanistan on Saturday was the 500th U.S. service member to die in that country since the war there began in 2001. Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris of Lexington, North Carolina, was 36. Twenty-two U.S. service members were...
Afghan children die in Nato raid

News Source: Afgha.com | about 1 year ago

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Nato-led troops have accidentally killed three children in south-eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has said. An Isaf patrol used artillery rounds to return fire after it...