victim:	Afghan civilian			all	Afghan military	Afghan police	Taliban	Soviet military		US military			Allied military			US civilian contractor	notes
actor:	all	foreign military	insurgent/ terrorist	terrorist	all	all	all	all	noncombat	all	combat	noncombat	all	combat	noncombat	all
1979	40,000	40,000						86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	USSR invades, 26 Dec
1980	80,000	80,000						1,484	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	95,000	95,000						1,298	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	80,000	80,000						1,948	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	95,000	95,000						1,446	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	150,000	150,000						2,343	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	220,000	220,000			3,690			1,868	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	175,000	175,000			5,772			1,333	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	160,000	160,000			6,229			1,215	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	120,000	120,000			11,000			759	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	10,000	10,000			15,000			53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	USSR withdraws, 15 Feb
1990								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	10,000		10,000					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	20,000		20,000					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Taliban capture of Kabul
1996	325		325					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997							3,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	3,000		3,000					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000								0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	1,300		300		600		3,500	0	0	11	3	8	1	1	0	0	US air strikes, 7 Oct, occupation follows
2002				200			1,000	0	0	49	18	31	20	9	11	0
2003	100			300			900	0	0	45	17	28	12	9	3	0
2004	300		300	289				0	0	52	25	27	8	2	6	0
2005	700		700	682				0	0	98	66	32	33	7	26	30
2006	1,400	230	699	1,251			1,000	0	0	98	65	33	93	65	28	20
2007	1,523	629	700	1,952	278	803		0	0	117	83	34	115	102	13	45
2008	2,118	828	1,160	1,997	259	880		0	0	155	132	23	140	131	9	55
2009	2,412	596	1,630	2,779	292	646		0	0	311	271	40	203	178	25	140
2010	2,792	429	2,080	3,205	821	1,292		0	0	499	437	62	212	208	4	420
2011	3,133	519	2,332	3,353	550	1,400		0	0	415	360	55	151	137	14	380
2012	2,769	324	2,180	2,632	1,200	2,200		0	0	313	237	76	86	79	7	220
2013	2,969	354	2,310	3,111	1,600	3,100		0	0	132	91	41	29	27	2	170	US reliquishes security to Afghan forces, 18 Jun
2014	3,699	622	2,643	3,000	1,400	2,900	720	0	0	56	38	18	19	11	8	100
2015								0	0	0	0	0
victim:	Afghan civilian			all	Afghan military	Afghan police	Taliban	Soviet military		US military			Allied military			US civilian contractor	notes
actor:	all	foreign military	insurgent/ terrorist	terrorist	all	all	all	all	noncombat	all	combat	noncombat	all	combat	noncombat	all
total fatalities by period
1979-1989	1,225,000	1,225,000			41,691			13,833	227	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Soviet occupation
1990-2000	33,325	0	33,325				3,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	post-Soviet/Taliban
2001-2014	25,215	4,531	17,034	21,751	7,000	13,221	20,000	0	0	2,351	1,843	508	1,122	966	156	1,580	US/allied occupation, post-occupation
average annual fatalities by period
1979-1989	111,364	111,364			3,790			1,258	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Soviet occupation
1990-2000	3,030	0	3,030				273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	post-Soviet, Taliban
2001-2014	1,801	324	1,217	1,554	500	944	1,429	0	0	168	132	36	80	69	11	113	US/allied occupation, post-occupation

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