Parallel with Iraq, where contractor deaths exceeded military deaths since 2009, more civilian contractors working for American companies deaths than American soldiers died in Afghanistan last year. There, American employers have no obligation to publicly report the deaths of their employees and frequently do not. As a result, most of the contractors die unheralded and uncounted and even their survivors were left uncompensated. The bulk of the known contractor deaths are concentrated among a handful of major companies providing interpreters, drivers, security guards and other support personnel who are particularly vulnerable to attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/world/asia/afghan-war-risks-are-shifting-to-contractors.html?_r=1&hp
Sophia Park
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