US Military Deaths In Afghanistan Region At 559

Pakistani army tank patrols in the troubled Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Pakistan reopened the main supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday after blocking it for three days during a military operation against militants who have been attacking supply convoys. (AP Photo/Qazi Tariq)

From Yahoo News/AP:

As of Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

Of those, the military reports 406 were killed by hostile action.

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