CAUTIOUS APPROACH - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporals Daniel Garner, kneeling, and Chris Ducharme investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. Garner and Ducharme are assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Crops photo by Lance Cpl. Tommy BellegardeUS Toll In Afghanistan War Reaches 1,000 -- The Telegraph
The US death toll in Afghanistan has reached 1,000 with the number of soldiers killed doubling since last year.
The icasualties.org website, which tracks military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, said 54 US soldiers had died in the war so far this year, as the coalition tries to regain momentum in its eight-year campaign.
It was the worst toll for two consecutive months since the US-led invasion of 2001 and compared with a toll of 30 in the same period last year.
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More News on the 1,000th Fatality In The Afghan War
U.S. death toll in Afghanistan 'reaches 1000' -- The Daily Mail
U.S. Afghan death toll hits 1,000 -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Eight die in Afghan bombing as US loses 1,000th soldier -- Yahoo News/AFP
US death toll in Afghanistan tops 1,000 -- ABC News (Australia)
My Comment: Our prayers are with their families tonight.
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