Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 7, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided news and analysis on the 9th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, to topple the Taliban, destroy al-Qaida, and kill or capture Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the terrorist organization.