The conflict in Afghanistan started 8 years ago today, October 7th.


According to CNN, in Afghanistan alone, there have been 1,435 coalition deaths as of 6 October 2009 --

865 Americans,
11 Australians,
one Belgian,
219 Britons,
131 Canadians,
3 Czech,
25 Danes,
21 Dutch,
6 Estonians,
one Finn,
35 French,
30 Germans,
2 Hungarians,
20 Italians,
3 Latvian,
one Lithuanian,
4 Norwegians,
13 Poles,
2 Portuguese,
11 Romanians,
one South Korean,
25 Spaniards,
2 Swedes,
2 Turks
and one NATO/ISAF