Afghanistan deadlier than Iraq
2008-06-30 21:09
Kabul - More US and Nato troops have been killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq for the second straight month.
An Associated Press count finds that attacks in Afghanistan killed at least 44 international troops in June.
About 30 international troops have died in Iraq this month.
A record number of US and Nato troops now patrol Afghanistan's dangerous countryside, exposing more soldiers than ever to danger. But Taliban attacks are becoming increasingly complex and deadly.
Four attacks in June killed four soldiers each. Previously, no single attack had killed more than three international combatants since last August.
- AP