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
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 |