British Casualty Monitor: Tracking the war in Afghanistan

Duration of war: 7 years, 4 months
Troops in theatre: 8,000
Casualty data analysed to: Dec 31st
UK military fatalities: 137
UK military casualties in 2007: 1442
UK military casualties in 2008: 1857*
Total UK casualties: data not released by MOD

The graphs below are compiled from official Ministry of Defence data and aim to illustrate the current situation and recent trends in British casualties in Afghanistan. They are updated about every 3 months. We are fully aware of the limitations in the data released by the MOD and its incompleteness. Nevertheless, the official data does provide the best available measure of the cost of war to British forces and is useful for following trends in the conflict.

The analysis and format used here is similar to the Iraq casualty monitoring page.

*The figures for British casualties in 2007 and 2008 are the sum of fatalities, field hospital admissions and medical evacuations up to the end of the analysis period.

NB To enlarge the graphs for easier reading click on the images. All Casualty Monitor graphics can also be accessed here.