December 28, 2010

700 NATO SOLDIERS KILLED IN 2010; NEW FIREFIGHTS

A coalition patrol fought off an insurrectionary attack in mountainous eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, on a day when two servicemen were killed in the country's distressed south, bringing the death toll for foreign troops in the country for 2010 to 700, according to an AP reckon


This year is by far the deadliest for the partnership in the nearly decade-long war, as tens of thousands of additional international troops have poured into the country in an effort to suppress a dangerous Taliban insurgency. But while NATO and the United States note progress has been made in the militants' traditional stronghold in the south, they recognize gains made remain precarious.

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