In deadly Afghan summer, blast kills 4 US soldiers…
July 21, 2009
July has become the deadliest month in the US-led war on Afghanistan as a roadside bomb kills at least four American soldiers in an eastern Afghan province.
US military spokesman, Lt Robert Carr, confirmed that the casualties were all American, but refused to further elaborate on the matter.
The number of American service members who have died in Afghanistan in July currently stands at 30 — the highest monthly toll since Washington launched Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban in October 2001.
The toll comes as the Obama administration ordered the deployment of 21,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan to root out the Taliban and its militant allies in the region.
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