Coalition casualties in Afghanistan

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Throughout the War in Afghanistan, there had been 3,621 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of the coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001. 3,485 of these deaths occurred during NATO's combat operations which ended in 2014, while the remainder of deaths happened afterwards until 2021.However there are some reports of greater estimates which range up to 7,500+ total deaths. In addition to these numbers were the deaths of 18 CIA operatives, a number of American deaths that occurred in other countries from injuries sustained in the theater, and 62 Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan who died in Turkey on 26 May 2003, when their plane crashed. During the first five years of the war, the vast majority of coalition deaths were American, but between 2006 and 2011, a significant proportion were amongst other nations, particularly the United Kingdom and Canada which had been assigned responsibility for the flashpoint...

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