278 ([US troops] die in Afghanistan, 2 other nations [since 2001] 2 Monday

278 die in Afghanistan, 2 other nations

By The Associated Press Tue Oct 3, 8:16 PM ET

As of Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, at least 278 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on September 30, 2006.


Of those, the military reports 176 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two are the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There was also one military civilian death and four
CIA officer deaths.

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• Two soldiers died Monday by small-arms fire in Kunar Province.

and less about Afghanistan. That was so...yesterday.