The numbers of service personnel killed and injured while serving in Afghanistan are published on the Departmental website at fortnightly intervals, two weeks in arrears, at the following address:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/DoctrineOperationsand DiplomacyPublications/OperationsInAfghanistan/OpHerrickCasualtyAndFatalityTables.htm
For convenience, the figures to 15 November 2008, the latest available, are reproduced in the following table:
Casualties (very seriously or seriously injured) Fatalities 2001 0 0 2002 1 3 2003 1 0 2004 6 1 2005 2 1 2006 31 39 2007 63 42 2008 58 39
It is not possible to provide precise figures for injuries or fatalities resulting from action by friendly forces since it is not possible in each and every case precisely to determine definitively whether incidents were caused by enemy, Afghan or coalition forces.