Blasts’ 8 U.S. deaths are deadly milestone
October toll worst since Afghan war began
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
An Afghan soldier prepares to go on patrol Tuesday with his unit in the Pech Valley of Kunar province.
Photo by DAVID GUTTENFELDER
October became the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the eight-year war in Afghanistan when two powerful bombs killed eight soldiers and an interpreter Tuesday in separate attacks.
The roadside attacks came a day after 14 Americans died in two helicopter crashes.
Early today, three United Nations staff members were killed at a U.N. guesthouse in Kabul, in an attack a Taliban spokesman said was meant as an assault on the forthcoming presidential elections. Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman said seven people were killed, including some attackers.
This year has already surpassed any other in Afghanistan in U.S. military deaths, and the rising toll poses urgent problems for the Obama administration as it attempts to fashion a ...
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