The graphic to the right was published in The Washington Post's Outlook section on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Please click on the image to view a full-sized PDF version. The image is also available from www.washingtonpost.com.

Below are the sources and data that went into creating the piece, including a detailed list of Predator strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Taliban attacks on the NATO and U.S. supply routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the information to support the various charts and graphics in the Washington Post, and a range of additional metrics that provide a fuller picture of the security and economic conditions in the region over the last several years.

Supporting Data | Predator Strikes | Supply Route Attacks| Additional Metrics

Supporting Data for Outlook Chart

Afghanistan

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of US troops	1,300 [1]	9,000 [2]	11,500 [3]	18,000 [4]	19,000 [5]	20,297 [6]	24,845 [7]	31,000 [8]	-
Number of NATO [9] troops (non-US)	-	-	-	-	21,000 [10]	19,750 [11]	15,108 [12]	28,810 [13] (Sept)	-
Afghan National Police	-	-	18,000 [14]	33,000 [15]	54,500 [16]	61,500 [17]	70,000 [18]	76,000 [19]	-
Afghan National Army	-	-	6,000	24,000	26,000	36,000	50,000 [20]	68,000 [21]	-
US military deaths (OEF)	12 (Oct-Dec)	49	48	52	99	98	117	154 [22]	-
Suicide attacks	1	0	2	3	17	123 [23]	140+ [24]	84 [25]	-
Positive views of US	Unknown				83%	74%	65%	-	47% [26]
Very or somewhat favorable views of Taliban	-	-	-	-	9%	10%	13%	-	7% [27]
Opium poppy cultivation (hectares)	8,000	74,000	80,000	131,000	104,000	165,000	193,000 [28]	157,000 [29]	-
Opium poppy eradication (hectares)	-	-	21,430	(not reported)	5,103	15,300	19,047 [30]	5,480 [31]	-
USAID funding for Afghan reconstruction (millions USD) [32]	-	$471	$462	$1,173	$1,511	$778	$1,374*	$1,048*	-
US humanitarian funding (millions USD) [33]	-	540.7	93.7	31.3	1.6	15.2	0.5	156.6	-

Pakistan

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Suicide attacks	-	4	-	6	3	9 [34]	60 [35]	63 [36]	-
Insurgent attacks	-	-	-	-	254 [37]	657 [38]	1,306 [39]	2,148 [40]	-
U.S. missile strikes	-	-	-	-	-	-	3 [41]	34 [42]	3 (2/12)
Positive views of US	-	-	-	-	23% [43]	26% [44]	19.4% [45]	16.9% [46]	-
Very or somewhat favorable views of bin Laden	-	-	-	-	33.5%* [47]	-	45.5% [48]	33.7% [49]	-
Very or somewhat favorable views of the Taliban	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.7% [50]	22.8% [51]	-
US humanitarian funding (millions USD) [52]	-	$10.3	$4.4	$0.1	$204.0	-	$7.5	$11.7	-
Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps fatalities from fighting with militants	1,347 [53]								-

War Funding by Operation from United States (Billions USD)

Recipient	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Afghanistan (OEF/GWOT) [54]	20.8		14.7	14.5	20.0	19.0	36.9	32.8
Iraq (OIF) [55]	0	0	53	75.9	85.5	101.7	133.6	153.5

 

Total U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Recipient Countries, Committed and Contributed (Millions USD^[56]

Recipient	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Afghanistan	$540.7	$93.7	$31.3	$1.6	$15.2	$0.5	$156.6
Pakistan	$10.3	$4.5	$.05	$204.0	-	$7.5	$11.7
Iraq	-	$1,515.1	$0.5	$57.4	$8.7	$104.3	$114.5
TOTAL	$551	$1,613.3	$31.85	$263	$23.9	$112.3	$282.8

TOTAL: 2,878.15 million

 

Notes: Supporting Data

^[1] December 2001; http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=273

 

^[2] Carlotta Gall, December 2002: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04EEDA133CF936A15751C1A9649C8B63

^[3] Carlotta Gall, December 2003: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE7D8133FF931A15751C1A9659C8B63

^[4] December: http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RL30588.pdf, p. 22

^[5] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121901728.html

^[6] http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/82599.pdf

^[7] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22633_20080715.pdf

^[8] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/world/asia/31military.html?pagewanted=all

^[9] ISAF troop numbers, but NATO assumed responsibility for the ISAF mission in 2003: http://www.nato.int/ISAF/docu/epub/pdf/isaf_placemat.pdf, p. 2.

^[10] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/placemat_is/placemat_isaf.pdf, minus troops from United States

^[11] http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/Report_on_Progress_toward_Security_and_Stability_in_Afghanistan_1230.pdf, minus troops from United States, p. 12.

^[12] http://operatsioonid.kmin.ee/public/files/isaf_placemat.pdf, minus troops from United States

^[13] http://www.nato.int/ISAF/docu/epub/pdf/isaf_placemat.pdf, minus troops from United States

^[14] http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2003/DurchTestimony031016.pdf., p. 6.

^[15] http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/45392.htm

^[16] http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2005/64345.htm

^[17] http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82734.htm

^[18] http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4065

^[19] December. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52423

^[20] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120402086.html

^[21] December. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52423

^[22] http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/2008.10.html

^[23] http://www.unama-afg.org/docs/_UN-Docs/UNAMA%20-%20SUICIDE%20ATTACKS%20STUDY%20-%20SEPT%209th%202007.pdf, p. 42.

^[24] http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSISL38162._CH_.2400

^[25] http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/DA93DE98DBE6A870C12574EC0047F65B/$file/ANSO+Q+3+Data+Report+-+2008+(2).pdf, p. 14. Total for 2008 is for January through September only.

^[26] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf

^[27] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf, p. 20.

^[28] Opium poppy harvestable after eradication; http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf, p. 227

^[29] http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan_Opium_Survey_2008.pdf, p. 5

^[30] http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf, p. 41.

^[31] http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan_Opium_Survey_2008.pdf, p. 5

^[32] http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07801sp.pdf, p. 29. *=requested

^[33] United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ReliefWeb database, Donor Country(ies): United States
Destination country(ies): Afghanistan
Emergency year(s): 2007, 2008, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
group by Emergency year
on date: 13 Jan 2009

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx

^[34] Email with Muhammad Amir Rana, PIPS, 11/19/08

^[35] http://san-pips.com/PIPS-R&D-%20Files/Reports/R&D-Report-Article1/R&D-Report-A1-D.asp

^[36] Pakistan Security Report 2008, PIPS, email from Muhammad Amir Rana, 1/29/09

^[37] http://san-pips.com/PIPS-R&D-%20Files/Reports/R&D-Report-Article1/R&D-Report-A1-D.asp

^[38] http://san-pips.com/PIPS-R&D-%20Files/Reports/R&D-Report-Article10/R&D-Report-A10-D.asp

^[39] http://san-pips.com/PIPS-R&D-%20Files/Reports/R&D-Report-Article1/R&D-Report-A1-D.asp

^[40] Pakistan Security Report 2008, PIPS, email from Muhammad Amir Rana, 1/29/09

^[41] http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/11/the-long-fruitless-hunt-for-osama-bin-laden/

^[42] According to our Predator Strikes Timeline.

^[43] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 10

^[44] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Irans%20Neighbors%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 13

^[45] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 21

^[46] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf, p. 28

^[47] Percentage who answered "a lot" or "some" to the question, How much confidence do you have in Osama Bin Laden to do the right thing regarding world affairs?" http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report--updated.pdf, p. 10

^[48] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 41

^[49] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf, p. 58

^[50] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 35

^[51] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf, p. 49. The 2009 question specified Afghan Taliban

^[52] United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ReliefWeb database, Donor Country(ies): United States
Destination country(ies): Pakistan
Emergency year(s): 2007, 2008, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
group by Emergency year
on date: 13 Jan 2009

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx

^[53] Email with Nadeem Kiani, Pakistan Embassy, 11/17/08

^[54] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33110_20081015.pdf, CRS-10

^[55] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33110_20081015.pdf, CRS-10

^[56] ReliefWeb database, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Donor Country(ies): United States Destination country(ies): Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel. Emergency year(s): 2007, 2008, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 group by Emergency year on date: 13 Jan 2009

 

Supporting Data | Predator Strikes | Supply Route Attacks| Additional Metrics

Predator Strikes

2009

January 23, 2009
Location: Near Wana, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 8
Source: New York Times, GeoTV

January 23, 2009
Location: Zharki, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: At least 5
Others killed: At least 5 (at least 10 total, at least five were "foreign militants")
Source: Washington Post

January 1, 2009
Location: Karikot, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 4 (Osama al Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, plus two unknown)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Washington Post, New York Times

2008 (34)

December 22, 2008
Location: Karikot and Shin Warsak near Wana, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Times of India

December 15, 2008
Location: Tapi Tool region near Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 2
Source: GeoTV

December 11, 2008
Location: Azam Warzak, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 3
Others killed: 4 (7 total, including 3 "foreigners", which means AQ or Taliban)
Source: GeoTV

November 29, 2008
Location: Chashma, a village on the outskirts of Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 3
Source: CNN

November 22, 2008
Location: Ali Khel region just outside of Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 2 (Rashid Rauf and Abu Zubair al Masri)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 3 (5 total, including Rashid Rauf and Abu Zubair al Masri)
Source: CNN

November 19, 2008
Location: Bannu Frontier Region east of North Waziristan (Jani Khel)
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 1 (Abdullah Azzam al Saudi)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: At least 2
Others killed: At least 5 (including 2 "foreigners")
Source: CNN

November 14, 2008
Location: Garyom in North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 5
Others killed: 12 (including 5 "foreigners")
Source: GeoTV

November 7, 2008
Location: Kumsham in North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 8
Others killed: 6 (14 total, including 7 Al Qaeda and 1 Taliban)
Source: Agence France Press

October 31, 2008
Location: Mir Ali, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 2 (Abu Jihad al Masri and Abu Kasha/Abu Akash-unconfirmed; now believed to have escaped)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 15-20
Source: Agence France Press, BBC News

October 31, 2008
Location: Wana, South Waziristan ()
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 6
Others killed: 0
Source: GeoTV

October 26, 2008
Location: Shakai region north of Wana in South Waziristan (Badar, according to CNN)
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 7
Source: CNN

October 22, 2008
Location: Danda Darpa Khel, outside Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: "scores"
Source: Reuters

October 16, 2008
Location: Sam in the Ladha region, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: At least 4
Source: CNN

October 11, 2008
Location: Just outside Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 4
Source: GeoTV

October 9, 2008
Location: Tati, near Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 6
Others killed: 3 (9 total, including 6 "foreigners")
Source: Reuters

October 3, 2008
Location: Mohammad Khel in North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: At least 16 (16-21)
Others killed: 0
Source: GeoTV

October 1, 2008
Location: Khusali Toorikhel, near Mirali, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 4-6
Others killed: Unknown
Source: GeoTV

September 17, 2008
Location: Baghar Cheena region of South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 5
Others killed: 0
Source: Reuters

September 12, 2008
Location: Tol Khel on the outskirts of Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 12
Others killed: 0
Source: The Standard

September 8, 2008
Location: Danday Darpakhel near Miranshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 4 (Abu Haris, AQ chief in Pakistan; Abdullah, a Saudi; Abu Hamza, another Saudi; and Zain Ul Abu Qasim, an Egyptian)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: 25
Source: CNN

September 5, 2008
Location: Gurwak, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 5-7
Others killed: 7
Source: GeoTV

Sept. 4, 2008:
Location: Char Khel, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 4
Source: Long War Journal, The Guardian

Sept. 3, 2008
Location: Musa Nikow, Barmal area of Angorada, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: 15-19
Source: GeoTV

August 31, 2008
Location: Tappi, Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: "several"
Others killed: At least 2 ("a woman, a child, and several unidentified foreigners")
Source: GeoTV

Aug. 30, 2008
Location: Noor Khan Wazir house in the Korzai region near Wana, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: At least 5
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Daily Times of Pakistan

Aug. 20, 2008
Location: Wana, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: "several"
Others killed: At least 8
Source: Agence France Press

Aug. 13, 2008
Location: A training camp in South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 1 (Abdul Rehman)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: "up to 25"
Others killed: Unknown
Source: GeoTV, Jerusalem Post

July 28, 2008
Location: Zeralita in the Azam Warsak region of South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 1 (Abu Khabab al Masri, WMD expert)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 3
Others killed: 3
Source: BBC News, GeoTV, Long War Journal, Agence France Press

June 14, 2008
Location: Makeen, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 1
Source: GeoTV

May 14, 2008
Location: Damadola, Bajaur
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 1 (Abu Sulayman Jazairi)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 0
Others killed: 13
Source: Daily Times of Pakistan

March 16, 2008
Location: Dhook Pir Bagh, near Wana, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: some
Others killed: 16
Source: Agence France Press

March 12, 2008
Location: Lwara Mundi, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: 4 (claims Pakistan military)
Source: Agence France Press

Feb. 28, 2008
Location: Azam Warsak, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 13
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Dawn

January 29, 2008
Location: North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 1 (Abu Laith al Libi)
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: Unknown
Source: CNN

2007 (3)

June 19, 2007
Location: Mami Rogha, 26 miles west of Miramshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 32
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Reuters

April 28, 2007
Location: Danda Saidgai, 15 km north of Miranshah, North Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: Unknown
Others killed: 4
Source: Daily Times of Pakistan

January 16, 2007:
Location: Salamat Keley, Zamazola, South Waziristan
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 8-10 or 25-30
Others killed: Unknown
Source: Long War Journal < /p>

2006 (2)

October 30, 2006: [Allegedly conducted by Pakistani military, but may have been conducted by Task Force 145, the U.S. special operations terrorist hunter-killer teams]
Location: Chenagai, Bajaur
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: 0
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: "up to 80"
Others killed: Unknown
Source: AlertNet.Org

January 14, 2006
Location: Damadola, Bajaur
Al Qaeda/Taliban leaders killed: Unknown
Al Qaeda/Taliban killed: 18
Others killed: 0
Source: CNN

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Supply Line Attacks

2009

February 7, 2009
Location: Bilal Terminal, near Achar village, Ring Road, Peshawar
Attack: Taliban militants set fire to a NATO supply terminal
Source: The News of Pakistan

February 4, 2009
Location: Near Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency
Attack: Taliban militants launched a rocket attack on NATO supply trucks
Results: 9 vehicles destroyed (all empty)
Source: CNN

February 3, 2009
Location: A bridge in Khyber Pass, 15 miles NW of Peshawar ()
Attack: Taliban militants blew up the bridge
Source: Associated Press, New York Times

January 14, 2009
Location: Chaman, Pakistan
Attack: Tribesmen who led a 3-day blockade
Source: Yahoo News

2008

December 30, 2008
Location: Khyber Pass (Landi Kotal and Jamrud located along the route)
Attack: Taliban militants attacked NATO supply trucks and several girls' schools in the area on December 30
Source: CNN, New York Times

December 20, 2008:
Location: Khyber tribal district
Attackers: "suspected Taliban militants" with guns
Killed: 3 people
Source: The Nation

December 20, 2008
Location: Khyber tribal district
Attack: A bomb exploded near convoy of supply trucks
Results: No one injured, nothing damaged
Source: The Nation

December 5-19, 2008: six attacks
Location: NATO supply depots near the Pakistani city of Peshawar
Attackers: Taliban fighters
Results: more than 300 armored Humvees, military vehicles and other supply containers.
Source: Washington Post

December 17, 2008
Location: Southwestern Baluchistan
Attack: Taliban militants shot and killed driver of a fuel tanker
Source: Associated Press

December 17, 2008
Location: three separate attacks on the outskirts of Peshawar
Attackers: Taliban militants
Source: Janes Defence Weekly, via Lexis

December 13, 2008
Location: World Logistic Terminal and the Al Faisal Terminal, Peshawar, Pakistan
Attack: suspected Taliban militants
Results: Military vehicles and food in 13 containers
Source: CNN, Dawn, GeoTV

December 12, 2008
Location: terminals on Ring Road, outside Peshawar
Attack: militant rocket fire
Results: destroyed over 200 trucks carrying goods for NATO Army and over 30 NATO Army trucks
Source: GeoTV

December 9, 2008
Location: Outskirts of Peshawar
Attack: Taliban militants
Results: Destroyed 50 container trucks destined for NATO troops in Afghanistan
Source: The National Post

December 7, 2008:
Location: Outskirts of Peshawar
Attackers: "Scores of" Taliban
Results: Destroyed 100-160 vehicles
Source: The National Post, VOA News, Christian Science Monitor

December 2, 2008
Location: Landi Kotal, 30km west of Peshawar
Attack: bomb detonated under a bridge with NATO convoys on it; 3 wounded
Source: Long War Journal, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

December 1, 2008
Location: Al Faisal Container Terminal on the Ring Road from the Landi Akhund Mohammad/Ahmed Khel side, Peshawar
Attack: 25 Taliban militants, 2 people killed
Results: At least 12 supply trucks burnt to ashes
Source: Agence France Press, Daily Times of Pakistan

November 30, 2008
Location: NATO supply terminal, Ring Road, Peshawar
Attack: Rocket fire on supply terminal
Source: Daily Times of Pakistan

November 10, 2008
Location: Khyber Pass
Attack: About 60 insurgents hijacked a convoy of trucks
Results: Trucks were abandoned, looted, or burned
Source: USA Today

August 24, 2008
Location: Gate number 5 of the Quaid-i-Azam Truck Stand, Hawkesbay Road, Karachi
Attack: Suspected Taliban militants
Results: Unknown
Source: Dawn

April 2008
Location: Torkham, waiting to cross from Khyber
Attack: A bomb strapped to fuel tank by militants
Results: Fuel tank exploded
Source: Star Tribune

March 2008
Location: Torkham, border town at the end of the Khyber Pass
Attack: Series of explosions in a parking lot in Torkham
Results: At least 25 fuel trucks destroyed
Source: US News, Star Tribune

January 20, 2008
Location: Chaman, Pakistan
Attack: Two fuel tankers and a rig carrying a shipping container were completely destroyed
Results: 3 trucks destroyed
Source: International Herald Tribune
 

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Additional Metrics

Afghanistan

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Very or somewhat favorable views of bin Laden [1]	-	-	-	-	5%	6%	9%	-	6%
Security incidents [2]	-	-	445	970	1830	5120	6795	3755	-
IED attacks	-	-	-	-	-	1,931	2,615 [3]	-	-
Refugees returning to Afghanistan (thousands)	-	1,834	475	761	514	139	365 [4]	250 [5]	-
Civilian fatalities, total	Unknown [6]					1,176	2,026	1,789 [7]
USD/Afghani exchange rate [8]	-	-	-	43	43	46	50	50	-
GDP per capita [9]	-	490	552	553	612	658 (est)	733 (est)		-
International Aid Promised (billions USD)	-	-	-	-	$4.9 [10]	$10.5 [11]	-	$20 [12]	-
US Aid Promised (billions USD)	-	-	-	-	$3.0 [13]	$6.5 [14]	-	$10.2 [15]	-
World Bank lending (millions USD) [16]	-	-	-	-	$285.0	$240.0	$311.8	$250.0	-
Foreign Exchange Reserves (millions USD) [17]	3,636	8,076	10,693	9,554	9,817	11,328	13,829	-	-
International humanitarian funding (millions USD) [18]	-	1,628.3	457.0	162.3	80.9	169.7	174.8	531.9	-
Corruption Perceptions Index country rank/total	-	-	-	-	117/158 [19]	- [20]	172/179 [21]	176/180 [22]	-

Pakistan

No 2009 data available

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Very or somewhat favorable views of Al Qaeda	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.2% [23]	32.2% [24]
Suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified	-	-	-	-	25% [25]	-	17.7% [26]	14.2% [27]
USD/Rupee exchange rate [28]	58	63	61	59	61	60	61	80 (17 Nov)
GDP per capita [29]	1,812	1,866	1,949	2,083	2,231	2,417	2,594 (est)	-
Military aid (millions USD)	-	1,346	1,505	818	1,313	1,260	1,115	774 (est) [30]
Economic aid (millions USD)	-	654	274	296	388	539	521	449 (est) [31]
World Bank lending (millions USD) [32]	-	-	-	-	$847.4	$1,497.7	$989.7	$544.9
International humanitarian funding (millions USD) [33]	-	$10.7	$10.1	$6.9	$1,171.5 [34]	$110.4	$78.6	$67.3
Pakistani troops on Afghan border (thousands)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120 [35]
Corruption Perceptions Index country rank/total	79/91	77/102	92/133	129/145	144/158	142/163	138/179 [36]	134/180 [37]
Adult literacy rate	45% [38]	43% [39]	-	-	49.9% [40]	54.2% [41]	-	-

Al Qaeda's Media Presence: A Measure of Vitality - Number of Audio/Video Tapes Per Year ^[42]

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*
Osama bin Laden	2	4	6	0	6	5	4	1
Other**	4	7	7	16	52	92	45	3

*Through January 22, 2009 **Including Ayman al Zawahiri, Abu Yahya al-Libi, and other as-Sahab.

Total U.S. Assistance to Recipient Countries (Billions USD) (Includes Military and Economic Aid)

Recipient	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Afghanistan* [43]	.1826	.8159	.737	1.767	4.495	3.323	9.674	4.83 (est)
Pakistan [44]	-	-	-	-	.688386	.688934	.734354	.737958 (est)
Egypt [45]			2.206131	1.865307	1.82152	1.779287	1.7562	1.72087 (request)
Israel [46]			3.74245	2.674423	2.60936	2.5353	2.50032	2.4005 (request)
Jordan			1.5544	.556535	.655352	.510911	.5343	.513219 (request)

*Includes regular and supplemental appropriations.

Education Metrics

12% of Pakistani militants who died during jihad (whose families were surveyed by Christine Fair in 2004 and 2005) attended madaris at some point in their lives, whereas 73% had some form of secular education, with varying degrees of completion. ^[47] As a percentage of the overall Pakistani population, estimates of enrollment in madrassas range from 1% on the low end (Andrabi et al 2005) to 4-7% on the upper bound (International Crisis Group, 2005). ^[48]

 

 

Notes: Additional Metrics

^[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf, p. 21.

^[2] UNDSS Security Incidents, 2003-2008, from Seth Jones of RAND, 11/15/08. Total for 2008 is January to June only.

^[3] http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/ Report_on_Progress_toward_Security_and_Stability_in_Afghanistan_1230.pdf, p. 11.

^[4] http://www.aims.org.af/services/sectoral/ emergency_assistance/refugee/unhcr_summaries/jul_08/summary1.pdf, p. ii.

^[5] http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,AFG,48ec79d9c,0.html. Total for 2008 is January to October only.

^[6] http://www.cdi.org/program/issue/document.cfm?DocumentID=4015&IssueID=168& StartRow=21&ListRows=10&appendURL=&Orderby=DateLastUpdated&ProgramID=37&issueID=168

^[7] http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/ DA93DE98DBE6A870C12574EC0047F65B/$file/ANSO+Q+3+Data+Report+-+2008+(2).pdf, p. 15. Total for 2008 is January to September only.

^[8] Economist Currency Converter, dated January 1 of each year, http://www.economist.com/markets/currency/fullconverter.cfm?exch_quantity=1&exch_date=1%2F1%2F08&exch_dFormat=us&exch_from=USD&exch_to=AFN (rounded)

^[9] PPP (current international $, rounded); Euromonitor International Statistics Database, accessed 11/18/08

^[10] http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/http://uk.sitestat.com/fcoweb/fco/s?aconf2006.kfile.nav_home.info_conferenceinfo.info_londonconference2.pledgingtablepage. donor_figures_0_doc&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=[http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/donor%20figures,0.doc

^[11] http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/http://uk.sitestat.com/fcoweb/fco/s?aconf2006.kfile.nav_home.info_conferenceinfo.info_londonconference2.pledgingtablepage. donor_figures_0_doc&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=[http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/donor%20figures,0.doc

^[12] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7449281.stm

^[13] http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/http://uk.sitestat.com/fcoweb/fco/s?aconf2006.kfile.nav_home.info_conferenceinfo.info_londonconference2.pledgingtablepage. donor_figures_0_doc&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=[http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/donor%20figures,0.doc

^[14] http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/http://uk.sitestat.com/fcoweb/fco/s?aconf2006.kfile.nav_home.info_conferenceinfo.info_londonconference2.pledgingtablepage. donor_figures_0_doc&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=[http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/donor%20figures,0.doc

 

^[15] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7449281.stm

^[16] http://go.worldbank.org/J1OJ9P5LC0

^[17] International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund. Country Tables>January 2009>Pakistan. Accessed via Duke University, 21 January 2009.

^[18] Includes aid from US. ReliefWeb database, Donor Country(ies): ALL

Destination country(ies): Afghanistan
Emergency year(s): 2007, 2008, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
group by Emergency year
on date: 13 Jan 2009

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx

^[19] http://www.transparency.org.pk/documents/CPI2008/CPI%201995-2007.xls

^[20] Why are some countries no longer reported in the CPI, and why are new countries included?

TI requires at least three sources to include a country in the CPI. The change in country coverage in the CPI 2006 relates to the fact that a new source, the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) has been included, while two sources (Columbia University's State Capacity Survey and Information International's Survey of Middle Eastern Businesspeople) are now more than two years old and have been dropped from this year's CPI.

The omission of these older surveys has resulted in the following countries being removed from the CPI: Afghanistan, Fiji, Liberia, Palestine and Somalia.

http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2006/faq#method2

^[21] http://www.transparency.org.pk/documents/CPI2008/CPI%201995-2007.xls

^[22] http://www.transparency.org.pk/documents/CPI2008/CPI2008_table.xls

^[23] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 35

^[24] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf, p. 46

^[25] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report--updated.pdf, p. 6

^[26] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf, p. 46

^[27] http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf, p. 79

^[28] Economist Currency Converter, dated January 1 of each year, http://www.economist.com/markets/currency/fullconverter.cfm?exch_quantity=1&exch_date=1%2F1%2F08&exch_dFormat=us&exch_from=USD&exch_to=PKR (rounded)

^[29] PPP (current international $, rounded); Euromonitor International Statistics Database, accessed 11/18/08

^[30] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33498_20080825.pdf, p. 99

^[31] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33498_20080825.pdf, p. 99

^[32] http://go.worldbank.org/ERX52J6Z70

^[33] Includes aid from US. ReliefWeb database, Donor Country(ies): ALL

Destination country(ies): Pakistan
Emergency year(s): 2007, 2008, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
group by Emergency year
on date: 13 Jan 2009

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx

^[34] The spike in 2005 humanitarian funding was in response to Pakistan's earthquake.

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx

^[35] Email with Shuja Nawaz, 12/8/08.

^[36] http://www.transparency.org.pk/documents/CPI2008/CPI%201995-2007.xls

^[37] http://www.transparency.org.pk/documents/CPI2008/CPI2008_table.xls

^[38] 1999 data, published in 2001 Human Development Report, http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/completenew1.pdf, p. 176

^[39] World Development Indicators database, World Bank, accessed 1/9/09.

^[40] World Development Indicators database, World Bank, accessed 1/9/09.

^[41] http://hdrstats.undp.org/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_PAK.html, 2008 Human Development Report

^[42] IntelCenter Breakout of as-Sahab Audio/Video, 2002-22 January 2009. Email from Ben Venzke, 1/28/09.

^[43] http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30588_20081126.pdf, CRS-59-65

^[44] Approximately 43% of U.S. assistance to Pakistan supports counterterrorism and border security efforts. The second largest strategic objective (36% of funding) is economic growth, aimed at nurturing a middle class as a foundation for democracy. http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL31362_20081008.pdf, CRS-32

^[45] http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32260.pdf, CRS-12

^[46] http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32260.pdf, CRS-10

^[47] "The Educated Militants of Pakistan: Implications for Pakistan's Domestic Security," C. Christine Fair. Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 16, No. 1 (March, 2008).

^[48] "The Educated Militants of Pakistan: Implications for Pakistan's Domestic Security," C. Christine Fair. Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 16, No. 1 (March, 2008).