A Third of All U.S. Casualties in Eight-Year Afghan War Have Occurred Since Obama

[Jesus Jones]

(CNSNews.com) -- More than 300 U.S. soldiers have died in the war in Afghanistan since May 15, 2009, the day when the first major wave of new troops ordered by President Barack Obama arrived in the country.

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

Of the 308 soldiers who have died since mid-May 2009, 287 were killed by enemy action, according to a CNSNews.com database of all casualties in the Afghanistan theatre of war.

The southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar located along the Afghan border with Pakistan have been the deadliest regions for U.S. soldiers since President Obama's escalation in U.S. forces in the region began.

Approximately 81 U.S. soldiers have died in combat in Helmand and 58 in Kandahar, for a total of 139 in those two provinces. That is about 45 percent of the U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since May 15 of last year.

CNSNews.com - A Third of All U.S. Casualties in Eight-Year Afghan War Have Occurred Since Obama Ordered Escalation

[Butterfly]

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

you don't believe those statistics, do you ? the number of real casualties is 10 times that number, and even more in Iraq. Pentagon is known for lying on statistics at time of war to "preserve" troops and public morale. They pulled the same trick during Vietnam until they got exposed by some internal guy who disclosed to the press that the numbers were 10 times bigger. That was the beginning of the end for Vietnam public support in the US.

[barbaro]

I don't see anything unusual about "1/3 of the death since Obama."

The US has focused more on Afghanistan, so there will be more casualties.

As I've stated, I don't see much getting accomplished, as the US seems to be fighting the Pashtuns moreso than the Taliban now.

There will be more casualties. It's not news, IMO. More Afghanistanis have been killed in this operation, which is now, 8+ years old.

[Rural Surin]

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

you don't believe those statistics, do you ? the number of real casualties is 10 times that number, and even more in Iraq. Pentagon is known for lying on statistics at time of war to "preserve" troops and public morale. They pulled the same trick during Vietnam until they got exposed by some internal guy who disclosed to the press that the numbers were 10 times bigger. That was the beginning of the end for Vietnam public support in the US.

Well into the 5-6 thousand range divided amongst both theatres.

[larvidchr]

(CNSNews.com) -- More than 300 U.S. soldiers have died in the war in Afghanistan since May 15, 2009, the day when the first major wave of new troops ordered by President Barack Obama arrived in the country.

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

Of the 308 soldiers who have died since mid-May 2009, 287 were killed by enemy action, according to a CNSNews.com database of all casualties in the Afghanistan theatre of war.

The southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar located along the Afghan border with Pakistan have been the deadliest regions for U.S. soldiers since President Obama's escalation in U.S. forces in the region began.

Approximately 81 U.S. soldiers have died in combat in Helmand and 58 in Kandahar, for a total of 139 in those two provinces. That is about 45 percent of the U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since May 15 of last year.

CNSNews.com - A Third of All U.S. Casualties in Eight-Year Afghan War Have Occurred Since Obama Ordered Escalation

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

you don't believe those statistics, do you ? the number of real casualties is 10 times that number, and even more in Iraq. Pentagon is known for lying on statistics at time of war to "preserve" troops and public morale. They pulled the same trick during Vietnam until they got exposed by some internal guy who disclosed to the press that the numbers were 10 times bigger. That was the beginning of the end for Vietnam public support in the US.

The 308 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since then account for about a third of the total of 920 U.S. casualties in the eight-year war.

you don't believe those statistics, do you ? the number of real casualties is 10 times that number, and even more in Iraq. Pentagon is known for lying on statistics at time of war to "preserve" troops and public morale. They pulled the same trick during Vietnam until they got exposed by some internal guy who disclosed to the press that the numbers were 10 times bigger. That was the beginning of the end for Vietnam public support in the US.

Well into the 5-6 thousand range divided amongst both theatres.

Two counts is mentioned in the OP, the 308 since May 2009 and the 920 total killed in the 8 year Afghan war.

If you have any links or other trustworthy sources to prove those numbers from the Afghan theatre of war wrong, please post them, because your statements are nothing more than pure fiction otherwise.

And mixing the numbers from Afghanistan with Iraq casualties without breaking the numbers down are quite a disingenuous way of disputing the claims in the OP.