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356 military deaths in Central Asia since 2001

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CENTRAL ASIA (AP) - As of Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, at least 356 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures August 4, 2007.

Of those, the military reports 235 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 62 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.

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AS OF FRIDAY

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

ERITREA

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE

KYRGYZSTAN

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

OUTSIDE THE AFGHAN

PAKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN

SEYCHELLES

TAJIKISTAN

TURKEY AND YEMEN

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