Aid workers that have fallen in Afghanistan

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.

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