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Every IED explosion or IED found/cleared in Afghanistan
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IED attacks year by year
A F G H A N I S T A N
P A K I S T A N
T U R K M E N I S T A N
U Z B E K I S TA N T A J I K I S T A N
I R A N
Total
191
2004
Total
366
2005
Total797
2006
Total1,147
2007
Total1,632
2008
Total3,420
2009
0
100
200
300
400
IEDs exploded and cleared
200920082007200620052004
537Explosion/ambush Found/cleared
Total 7,553 Total 8,582 454
20 Aug 2009Presidentialelection Killed by IEDs Wounded by IEDs
Total 2,187 Total 4,811
Civilian victims of IEDs measured by the database
2009
1,569
1,257
993
770
12696
793
518360347
47122
20082007200620052004
Where the IEDs exploded
Capital
221
East
2,983
North
274
South
3,701
West
364
*Unknown 10
Total*
7,553
20 miles
H E LMAND K ANDAHA R
Kabul
Islamabad
Herat
Meymaneh
Charikar
Peshawar
Jalalabad
Quetta
Kandahar
Mazar-eSharif
Gardez
100 miles
H E LMAND K ANDAHA R
9 Oct 2004 – Hamid Karzai wins presidential elections with 55% of vote
1 Jan 2006 - British troops move into southern Afghanistan as part of Nato International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
9 Sep 2008 - Extra 4,500 US troops to Afghanistan - the “quiet surge"
1 Dec 2009 - Obama boosts US troop numbers by 30,000, bringing total to 100,000
First recorded IED attack25 January 2004, midnight: US marines ambushed south of Abad with IED and RPG fire
Sangin The most dangerous town in Afghanistan for Nato soldiers, accounting for a third of British fatalities since 2001. Located near the main highway that rings the country, it is a major transit centre for opium and most deaths have been caused by IEDs. The British are due to hand control to US troops in November
Korengal Valley Most contested battlefield for US soldiers until they shifted to Helmand in 2009. Dubbed ‘the valley of death’ by US forces, more than 42 soldiers had died there when it withdrew its forces
Khost Stomping ground of Sirajuddin Haqqani, one of the Taliban's fiercest commanders, and the site of hundreds of attacks on US troops, many by insurgents crossing from safe havens in Pakistan's tribal belt
Kunduz Kunduz is the heart of the German military deployment. In the last year troops have suffered increasing rocket and IED attacks
Kandahar Spiritual homeland of the Taliban, the base of leader Mullah Muhammad Omar until he was forcibly ejected by US troops in 2001. Winning the town back has been a long-held desire of the insurgents, who have dispatched dozens of suicide bombers there
Lashkar Gah Provincial capital of Helmand and home to British miltiary command (although most troops are located in Camp Bastion, to the north-west). Last week two British soldiers were killed near Lashkar Gah as they tried to rescue an injured colleague
Kabul The capital has been rocked by a series of daring Taliban attacks on five-star hotels, shopping centres, UN guesthouses and government ministries
Last recorded IED attack of 2009Sangin, 31 December: A dismounted patrol of The Rifles hit by an IED which killed one soldier and wounded two more
Highway One (A01) Key 1,375-mileroad ringing the country. The busiest stretch, from Kabul to Kandahar, is alife-threatening journey for all but the most heavily protected vehicles
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CHINA
IRAN
INDIA
Casualty figures are not measured accurately on the database - these numbers give an indication of the effect rather than a comprehensive statistical analysis
This map shows the location of every improvised explosive device (IED) attack logged by the database. It includes IED explosions and ambushes (where an explosion includes Taliban small arms fire and RPG attacks, for instance). It excludes hoaxes and suicide bombers
Six years of IED attacks located
GRAPHIC: PAUL SCRUTON, MICHAEL ROBINSON, IAN JEFFRIES DATAPOINTS: DAITHI O’CRUALAOICHCAPTIONS: DECLAN WALSH, SIMON ROGERS
A01
A01
A01
A01
A01
Highway One (A01)