Afghanistan Watch by the Numbers
By the numbers
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- Suicide bombing attempts in 2006: 142
- Total Afghan soldiers and police killed in these attacks: 46
- Foreign soldiers killed: 15
- Afghan civilians killed: 206
- Suicide bombing attempts, Jan-Feb 2007: 22
- Suicide bombers dead or captured: 22
- Total foreign or Afghan security forces killed: 8
Source: "Afghanistan's
Record of Suicide Attacks in 2006"
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- Suicide bombing attempts in 2006: 142
- Total Afghan soldiers and police killed in these attacks: 46
- Foreign soldiers killed: 15
- Afghan civilians killed: 206
- Suicide bombing attempts, Jan-Feb 2007: 22
- Suicide bombers dead or captured: 22
- Total foreign or Afghan security forces killed: 8
Source: "Afghanistan's
Record of Suicide Attacks in 2006"
- Miles along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border: 1,400
- Border checkpoints, according to Pakistan
figures: 1,100
- Ratio of checkpoints on the Pakistan
side to the Afghan side: 10 to 1
Source: Washington
Post
- Number of daily bombing missions, June-Nov 2006: 18
- Ratio of bombs dropped in 2006 to 2005: 10
to 1
Souces: IHT, USAF (via Strategy Page)
- Number of counternarcotics police in all of Helmand
province: 38
- Number of vehicles they have:
3
- Number of motorcycles:
3
Source: The Herald (UK)
- Percent of Americans who believe the war in Afghanistan
“was worth fighting”: 56
- Percent who do not: 41
- Percent who think the U.S.
is “doing enough” to rebuild Afghanistan: 63
- Percent who say US should be "doing more": 23
Source: Washington
Post-ABC News Poll, Feb 27
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