Aid Workers

Updated: 21 April 2011
Since Operation Enduring Freedom began, it's not just military personnel who have lost their lives. Foreign Aid Workers are as much at risk. Aid organisations struggle to provide humanitarian assistance to impoverished Afghan civilians and the people who work for them, often volunteers, are increasingly becoming casualties.

Click here to view details of female aid workers killed in other locations around the world


Date Name Nationality Employer Cause
Apr-11 Dil Prasad Gurung Nepal UN via IDG Security Executed - shot
Apr-11 Narayan Bahadur Thapa Nepal UN via IDG Security Executed 
Apr-11 Chhabi Lal Purja Pun Nepal UN via IDG Security Executed 
Apr-11 Min Bahadur Thapa Nepal UN via IDG Security Executed 
Apr-11 Filaret Motco Romanian UNAMA Executed 
Apr-11 Siri Skare Norwegian UNAMA (Norwegian military) Executed - shot
Apr-11 Joakim Dungel Swedish UNAMA Executed - shot
Dec-10
German KFW Development Bank Shot in vehicle
Oct-10 Linda Norgrove British Development Alternatives Inc. During rescue attempt
Aug-10 Tom Little American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Dan Terry American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Cheryl Beckett American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Brian Carderelli American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Karen Woo British International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Daniela Beyer German International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Tom Grams American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
Aug-10 Glen Lapp American International Assistance Mission Executed - shot
May-10 Chris Carter British International Relief & Development Air crash
May-10 David Taylor British Not reported Air crash
May-10 Daniel Saville British Not reported Air crash
Oct-09 Jossie G. Esto Filipina United Nations (UNV) Hotel terrorist attack
Oct-09 Yah-Lydia Wonyene Liberian United Nations (UN ELECT) Hotel terrorist attack
Oct-08 Gayle Williams British SERVE Afghanistan Shot dead
Aug-08 Shirley Case Canadian IRC International Rescue Committee Executed - shot
Aug-08 Nicole Dial American IRC International Rescue Committee Executed - shot
Aug-08 Jacqueline Kirk British IRC International Rescue Committee Executed - shot
Aug-08 Kazuya Ito Japanese Peshawar-kai Executed - shot
Jan-08 Thor Hesla American USAID Shot in hotel massacre
Feb-08 Cyd Mizell American Asian Rural Life Development Unknown
Jul-07 Ruediger Diedrich German Welthungerhilfe Executed - shot
Jul-07 Bae Hyeong-gyu South Korean Saemmul Presbyterian Church Executed - shot
Jul-07 Shim Seong-min South Korean Saemmul Presbyterian Church Executed - shot
Mar-07 Dieter Ruebling German Welthungerhilfe Executed - shot
Mar-06 Fadil Zenuni Macedonian Ecolog Executed - shot
Mar-06 Besim Aliu Macedonian Ecolog Executed - shot
Mar-06 Lulzam Fidani Macedonian Ecolog Executed - shot
Mar-06 Sabid Tahiri Macedonian Ecolog Executed - shot
May-05
Myanmar UNOPS Suicide bomb attack
Feb-05 Carmen Urdaneta Venezuela Management in Sciences for Health Air crash
Feb-05 Cristin Gadeu American Management in Sciences for Health Air crash
Feb-05 Amy Lynn Meeks American Management in Sciences for Health Air crash
Jun-04 Hélène de Beir Belgian Medecins Sans Frontieres Executed - shot
Jun-04 Willem Kwint Dutch Medecins Sans Frontieres Executed - shot
Jun-04 Egil Tynaes Norwegian Medecins Sans Frontieres Executed - shot
Nov-03 Bettina Goislard French UNHCR Shot
Mar-03 Ricardo Munguia Swiss International Red Cross Shot