- Number of people currently displaced in Afghanistan, according to estimates by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):235,000
- Number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2008 according to the United Nations (UN): 2,118
- Increase in civilian deaths from 2007 according to the UN: 40%
- Projected civilian deaths in Afghanistan (at 40% rate of increase) in 2009: 2,965*
Coalition Casualties
- Coalition Military fatal casualties January, February, 2008: 21
- Coalition Military fatal casualties January, February, 2009: 48
- Change from January, February, 2008 to January, February, 2009: +129%
- Coalition Military fatal casualties June-September, 2008: 159
- Projected Coalition Military fatal casualties June-September, 2009 (at 129% rate of increase): 364*
Canadian Casualties
- Number of Canadian forces fatal casualties in 2008: 32
- Canadian Forces fatal combat casualties in January 2008: 1
- Canadian Forces fatal combat casualties in January 2009: 2
- Canadian Forces fatal combat casualties June-September, 2008: 14
- Projected Canadian Forces casualties 2009 (at 129% rate of increase): 73*
Canadian Costs
- Current monthly cost of Canada's involvement in Afghanistan: $200 million
- Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page's estimate of Afghanistan mission's total cost if it concludes in 2011: $13.9 - $18.1 billion
- Cost per Canadian household: $1500
- Proportion of mission's total cost dedicated to aid programs : 9-12%
- Proportion of mission's total cost dedicated to military operations: 75%
*NB: the point of these forecasts is to give an indication of the terrible toll this occupation will exact; it is by no means presented in a callous fashion.
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