Posted on 08/22/2010 1:05:16 PM PDT by Cardhu
CBS/AP) Four U.S. troops were killed in fighting in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and a former guerrilla leader who battled Soviet invaders decades ago was killed by a roadside bomb in the country's north.
Three of the U.S. casualties died in insurgent attacks and one was killed by a homemade bomb, NATO said.
The deaths bring the number of international forces killed in Afghanistan this month to 42, including 28 Americans, according to a count by The Associated Press. Sixty-six American troops were killed in July, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion.
Afghanistan: The Road Ahead
In the country's north, insurgents using a bomb detonated by remote control destroyed the vehicle in which former guerrilla commander Salaam Pahlawan was traveling as he made his way Saturday to government offices in Faryab province's Al Mar district, said provincial police commander Khalil Andarbi.
The attack also killed two of Pahlawan's sons, ages 5 and 10, and two bodyguards, Andarbi said.
He said Pahlawan had been commander of anti-Soviet forces in the district but had lately been serving in an advisory role as a tribal elder. Many surviving veterans of the 1979-1989 Soviet invasion have been targeted by the Taliban for allying themselves with the government in Kabul.
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Why? For What? How would you answer these questions to loved ones? Carpet bomb the damned place and come home.
RIP.
where are the cluster bombs,WP and napalm?
Rules of engagement. Karzai’s scrutiny. War Crimes investigators. Courts Martial for any GI who looks cross eyed at anyone or anything. I think the majority of USA deaths are now under Bambi’s watch. RIP indeed.
And Karzai and his crooked brother counted their money and laughed.
Either fight this pestilence 100% or come home NOW.
barry´s meat chopper operated by the islamist butcher himself.
Amazing how quiet the MSM has become about U.S. deaths since Obama has become President.
Nothing worse that a political war of attrition and surrender. God help our solders. God i pray for the families, their loved ones, the anger and sorrow must be devastating, happend to me but i can never know what it’s like for others. May the Lord bless and keep them, may the Holy Spirit of all that is loving and good minister to their souls.
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