Fatalities in Afghanistan are regularly reported in the media, but the numbers injured are less often examined.

With the deaths of Corporal John Moore and Private Sean McDonald of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the toll of UK military deaths in Afghanistan equalled that in the Falklands (255).

Carrying out public opinion polls in Afghanistan is never going to be easy. Areas that are remote at the best of times are now inaccessible and dangerous.

For conflict in action, there are few livelier battlegrounds than the row over how many people die in wars.

Helicopter provision in Afghanistan for US and Canadian troops takes off at about 5 per 1,000 personnel. Until recently, according to The Times, UK provision was 10 Chinooks and 13 other helicopters in Afghanistan, as reported in a previous Straight Statistics article.

Land Girls, which concludes tonight on BBC 1, is the latest in a genre that has served the TV listings well, combining a wartime background with the opportunity to see women enjoying emancipation from their traditional roles.  

More British soldiers are dying in Afghanistan - but the number of inquests held into their deaths has halved, in spite of Government promises of extra resources. Why?

Two claims have been made by ministers about British casualties in Afghanistan and whether there is a link between the numbers of soldiers killed and the numbers of helicopters deployed. Both are susceptible to checking - were the actual figures available.