February 25, 2006: Afghanistan Said to Be More Dangerous for US Troops than Iraq in 2005

A think tank report suggests that Afghanistan was actually more dangerous for US troops than Iraq in 2005. One hundred US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in 2005, a number far lower than in Iraq for the same period. However, there are only 20,000 troops in Afghanistan compared to about 140,000 in Iraq. Per capita, the rate of soldiers injured and killed in Afghanistan was 1.6 per 1,000 in Afghanistan compared to 0.9 per 1,000 in Iraq. [Associated Press, 2/25/2006]