NYT: G.I. Death Toll in Afghanistan Worst Since '01

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/international/asia/22afghan.html?ei=5094&en=d85f7ee5b8dc3f7a&hp=&ex=1124683200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

This year is already the deadliest for American soldiers in Afghanistan since the war of 2001, and the violence is likely to intensify before the nation's legislative elections on Sept. 18.

Four soldiers were killed Sunday, meaning that 13 have been killed in August alone. Sixty-five Americans have been killed this year.

The latest four were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the south. Three others were wounded in that bombing, the American military said. And two United States Embassy employees were wounded when their convoy was hit by an explosion close to Kabul, the capital, the military said.

While some fighters want to disrupt the elections, one Afghan general said others are coming in to help the ousted Taliban or Al Qaeda with the long-term aim of dislodging American troops from Afghanistan.

[fearnobush]

1. Yes, why 74 kills in 05? and only 12 in 01?

<http://www.icasualties.org/oef/>

Operation Enduring Freedom

<http://www.icasualties.org/oef/>

[pinniped]

2. We don't hear of those Northern Alliance dudes anymore.

Aren't they supposed to be fighting whoever right alongside the US?

Did they fall off the map?