UK casualties in Afghanistan database FAQs  Details of UK troops
killed in Afghanistan are being compiled by the BBC News
website. This guide explains how the information is put
together.  What sources are used?  Details of British casualties
are released by the Ministry of Defence.  The MoD has a public
record of the fatalities in Afghanistan which is routinely
updated following a death.  In some cases, information may also
come from other sources, such as contemporaneous BBC News
stories, official reports, relatives' statements and inquests.
Why are some of the details incomplete?  If some of the
information relating to a casualty has not been confirmed, the
relevant space is left blank.  Following a fatality, the MoD
often confirms only that somebody has died and, perhaps, some
basic information such as the regiment and the place of the
incident.  Further details, such as the name and birthplace of
the person killed and a picture, are often released later.  The
tables are updated as soon as possible after