Sharp rise in U.S. casualties in Afghanistan

It is the southern part of Afghanistan which is considered dangerous for the foreign soldiers. North of the country, the situation is different. It participates female ISAF soldiers on a training course in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan where they learn language, history and self-defense. The female soldiers will be with male colleagues on patrol to be strip-searched women and to make better contact with the female part of the population.

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The U.S. Army has reached a grim milestone. The eleven years of war in Afghanistan has cost soldiers their lives in 2000, according to the New York Times. 

The striking element is that while it took nine years to catch up to the first 1,000 dead, the last in 1000 fell during the last 27 months. It shows an analysis of U.S. Department of Defense.

The figures shows that the fighting has become more intensive after President Barack Obama decided to send an additional 33,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010, according to the ministry.
The analysis also shows that half of those killed fell either in Kandahar or Helmand province.

 

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