List of private contractor deaths in Afghanistan

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Foreign contractor deaths in Afghanistan by country

 USA: 54
 Nepal: 14
 Canada: 13
 Russia: 13
 Philippines: 12
 PRC: 11
 UK: 10
 Ukraine: 10
 Pakistan: 9
 India: 7
 Turkey: 6
 Macedonia: 4
 Bosnia: 2
 South Korea: 2
 Zimbabwe: 2
 Bangladesh: 1
 Germany: 1
 Ireland: 1
 Japan: 1
 Myanmar: 1
 South Africa: 1
 UAE: 1
Unidentified: 2

TOTAL: 168

This is a partial list of private contractors and aid workers killed in the Afghanistan war according to a few published news sources. It was reported that by July 2007, at least 75 foreign contractors had been killed in the war.[1] Also, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that by March 31, 2011, a total of 763 civilian contractors were killed in Afghanistan.[2][3] Of which, during the period between June 2009 and April 2010, 260 were private security contractors or PMCs.[4]

As of January 16, 2012, 179 foreign private contractor deaths in Afghanistan as part of the War in Afghanistan are listed in this article. Of these, 54 are Americans, 14 are Nepalese, 13 are Canadians[5] and 13 are Russians. 38 of those killed were private military contractors or PMCs.

Contents

[edit] Incidents of foreign contractor deaths

[edit] 2003

  • February 8, 2003 - Two Pakistani engineers were killed in an ambush in Ghazni province.[6]
  • November 8, 2003 - An Indian telecommunications engineer was shot and killed.[7]

[edit] 2004

  • March 5, 2004 - A Turkish road engineer was killed in an ambush in Zabul province.[8]
  • May 5, 2004 - Two British PMCs were killed in an ambush in Nuristan province.[9]
  • June 10, 2004 - 11 Chinese road engineers were killed in an attack on their compound in Kunduz province.[10]
  • August 29, 2004 - Three American and three Nepalese PMCs were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[11]
  • October 23, 2004 - An American translator was killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[12]
  • November 27, 2004 - Three American crew members of a CASA 212 when their plane crashed in western Afghanistan.[13]
  • December 14, 2004 - A Turkish road engineer was captured and executed in Kunar province.[14]

[edit] 2005

  • January 20, 2005 - One Pakistani truck driver was killed in an ambush in Kandahar province.[15]
  • February 3, 2005 - Three American aid workers were killed when their transport plane crashed near Kabul.[16]
  • March 8, 2005 - One British contractor, working for Afghanistan's rural development ministry, was shot and killed in Kabul.[12]
  • April 1, 2005 - Two Pakistani truck drivers were killed in an ambush in Kandahar province.[17]
  • May 9, 2005 - One Myanmarese U.N. engineer was killed by a bomb in Kabul.[12]
  • June 7, 2005 - Two Pakistani truck drivers were killed in an ambush in Kandahar province.[18]
  • July 18, 2005 - Two Zimbabwean mine technicians were killed by a landmine they were clearing.[19]
  • August 31, 2005 - A British PMC was captured and executed three days later.[20]
  • November 11, 2006 - Eight crew members of an IL-76 were killed when their plane crashed near Kabul. They included: five Russians, two Ukrainians and one Pakistani.[21]
  • November 18, 2005 - An Indian truck driver was captured and executed four days later.[22]

[edit] 2006

  • February 7, 2006 - An Indian and a Turkish road engineer and a Nepalese PMC were killed by a roadside bomb in Farah province.[23][24]
  • February 13, 2006 - An American contractor died of natural causes at Bagram airfield.
  • March 10, 2006 - Four Macedonian cleaners were captured and executed, their bodies were found one week later.[25]
  • March 28, 2006 - A South African PMC was killed by a roadside bomb in Farah province.[26] An American contractor, working for KBR, died of natural causes at Bagram airfield.
  • April 24, 2006 - Two Ukrainian pilots were killed when their An-26 plane crashed in Helmand province.[27]
  • April 28, 2006 - An Indian telecommunications engineer was captured in Zabul province and he was executed two days later.[28]
  • May 18, 2006 - An American PMC was killed by a roadside bomb in Herat province.
  • July 23, 2006 - A Canadian carpenter was shot and killed in Nahrin.[29]
  • July 26, 2006 - Two American contractors were killed when their transport helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan.[30]
  • August 28, 2006 - A Turkish road engineer was killed and a Turkish PMC was captured in an attack in Helmand province, the PMC was killed 22 days later.[31]
  • September 22, 2006 - A Pakistani truck driver was killed in an ambush near Jalalabad.[31]
  • December 3, 2006 - Eight Russian crew members of an Mi-26 were killed when their helicopter crashed in Oruzgan province.[32]
  • December 6, 2006 - Two American PMCs were killed by a suicide bomber in Kandahar province.[33]

[edit] 2007

  • January 28, 2007 - An American construction engineer was killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[16]
  • February 27, 2007 - An American supply worker was killed by a suicide bomber at Bagram Air Base.[16]
  • March 8, 2007 - A German aid worker was shot and killed in Shar-e-Pul province.[34]
  • April 17, 2007 - Four Nepalese PMCs were killed by a roadside bomb in Kabul.[35]
  • June 13, 2007 - A United Arab Emirates PMC was captured in Helmand province, he is still missing and presumed dead.[36]
  • June 28, 2007 - An American and a Nepalese PMC were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[12]
  • July 19-August 30, 2007 - Two South Korean aid workers were killed during a hostage crisis.
  • August 15, 2007 - A British PMC was shot and killed in Kabul.[37]
  • August 21, 2007 - A Filipino road engineer was killed in an attack on his offices in Paktia province.[38]
  • September 11, 2007 - A Turkish road engineer was killed by a roadside bomb in Paktia province.[39]
  • September 12, 2007 - A Bangladeshi aid worker was shot and killed in Badakhshan province.[39]

[edit] 2008

  • January 14, 2008 - An American and a Filipino contractor were killed in an attack on their hotel in Kabul.[40]
  • January 26, 2008 - An American aid worker was captured and executed one month later, her body was never found.[41]
  • April 1, 2008 - An American contractor was killed in an accident in Kabul.
  • April 12, 2008 - Two Indian road engineers were killed by two suicide bombers in Nimroz province.[42]
  • May 7, 2008 - An American tribal customs contractor was killed, along with two US soldiers, by a roadside bomb in Khost province.[43]
  • August 13, 2008 - An American, a Canadian and an Irish aid worker were shot and killed in Kabul.[44]
  • August 27, 2008 - A Japanese agricultural engineer was captured and executed in Nangarhar province.[45]
  • October 13, 2008 - An Indian food provider was captured and executed four months later.[46]
  • October 20, 2008 - A British aid worker was shot and killed in Kabul.[47]
  • October 25, 2008 - A Briton and a South African, working for DHL courier service, were shot and killed in Kabul.[48]

[edit] 2009

  • January 7, 2009 - An American social scientist/anthropologist died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas of wounds received on November 4, 2008, when she was doused with fuel and set afire by a Taliban member posing as an Afghan civilian.[16]
  • February 28, 2009 - An American PMC was killed by a roadside bomb in Oruzgan province.[49]
  • March 20, 2009 - A Filipino carpenter was killed in a rocket attack on the Kandahar Air Base.[50]
  • May 2, 2009 - An American PMC was killed in an ambush east of Kabul.[51]
  • May 20, 2009 - An American PMC was killed by a roadside bomb near Kabul.[52]
  • July 3, 2009 - An unidentified foreign road engineer was killed by a roadside bomb in Paktia province.[53]
  • July 14, 2009 - Six Ukrainian crew members were killed when their transport helicopter was shot down in Helmand province.[54]
  • July 19, 2009 - 10 Filipino construction workers, four Nepalese contractors, one American PMC and one unidentified foreign contractor were killed when their transport helicopter crashed at the Kandahar Air Base.[55][56]
  • August 16, 2009 - A British PMC was killed in an ambush in Herat province.[57]
  • August 17, 2009 - An American civilian working for the military was killed in an ambush in the east of the country.[58]
  • September 19, 2009 - The body of a Briton, who had worked as an advisor with the Ministry for Rural Rehabilitation and Development, was found in a room in Qasar Park Guest House in Kabul.[59]
  • November 14, 2009 - An American contractor was killed, along with a US soldier, by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.[60]

[edit] 2010

  • January 31, 2010 - An American contractor was killed, along with two U.S. soldiers, in an ambush in eastern Afghanistan.[61]
  • March 15, 2010 - A Bosnian firefighter was killed in a rocket attack on a U.S. military base.[62]
  • April 9, 2010 - An American contractor was killed, along with three U.S. soldiers, when their Osprey helicopter crashed in Zabul province.[63]
  • April 20, 2010 - A Bosnian PMC was killed by roadside bomb.[64]
  • May 6, 2010 - An American PMC was killed by a roadside bomb.[65]
  • May 19, 2010 - An American PMC was killed when the Bagram military air base was attacked.[66]
  • June 7, 2010 - An American and a Nepalese PMC were killed when a police training center was attacked by suicide bombers in Kandahar.[67]
  • July 20, 2010 - Two American PMCs were killed by an Afghan soldier, who was a Taliban infiltrator, at a military base outside Mazar-e-Sharif.[68]
  • September 6, 2010 - Two American PMCs were killed by an IED.[69]
  • November 20, 2010 - A British PMC was killed when ammunition he was disposing of in Parwan province exploded.[70]

[edit] 2011

[edit] 2012

  • January 16, 2012 - Three American private contractors working for the Defense Department were killed when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan[1]

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