Written question asked by David Kidney (Labour) on Thursday, 24 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 January 2002. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 January 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths have been caused by military action in Afghanistan among (a) coalition forces, (b) Taliban forces and (c) civilians since 11th September 2001. - Includes figures and ref to 12 December 2001, 376 c860W.

Answer: Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths have been caused by military action in Afghanistan among (a) coalition forces, (b) Taliban forces and (c) civilians since 11 September 2001. [31142] Mr. Hoon: Four US personnel have been killed in action and 17 US personnel have been killed in non-hostile incidents. Regarding Taliban and civilian deaths, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 12 December 2001, Official Report, column 860W, to my hon. Friends the Members for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) and for Coventry, South (Mr. Cunningham). It is as difficult to estimate the number of Taliban military casualties as it is to estimate the number of civilian casualties.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 31142; 379 c337W;379 c333W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Armed forces Death Armed conflict Casualties Civilians International cooperation Afghanistan Taliban
Contains statistics: Yes
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