The situation in Afghanistan is growing grimmer by the day.
The Chicago Tribune reported the following on Saturday:
5 U.S. troops slain in series of Afghanistan blasts
January 10, 2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110world-lead-briefjan10,0,7479424.story
KABUL—A homemade bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in the southeastern province of Zabol on Friday, less than 24 hours after two American soldiers died in a suicide bombing at a busy produce market in neighboring Kandahar province, officials said.
The five deaths brought to 637 the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the extremist Taliban regime in late 2001, according to various monitoring groups.
More than 400 soldiers from other coalition forces have also been killed.
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