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  • U.S. casualties in Afghanistan hit 1,000 with massive Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul

    05/19/2010 7:28:50 AM PDT · by MestaMachine · 49 replies · 732+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | May 19, 2010 | Stephanie Gaskell
    Yesterday: Seven U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday - five in a massive Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul that filled the streets of the capital with blood. The attack brought the U.S. toll to a grim new milestone - 1,000 American soldiers dead in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, the independent Web site icasualties.org. reported. The fighting continued into today as insurgents launched a predawn assault against the U.S.-run Bagram Air Field. Seven militants had been killed during the "ongoing attack" on Bagram, which included rockets, small arms and grenades, a U.S. statement said. Five service...