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Oct. Deadliest Afghan Month as 8 US Troops Die

'Complex' bombings in south also take 1 Afghan life

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(AP) – Eight American troops have been killed today in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for American troops there since the war began in 2001. The 8 deaths occurred in "multiple, complex" bomb attacks in the south, according to the US military.

One Afghan civilian was also killed, and several other troops were wounded and taken to a nearby medical facility. The latest deaths bring to 55 the total number of American troops killed in October in Afghanistan. Fighting previously spiked around the presidential vote in August, when 51 US soldiers died.

US soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fire mortars in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province.
US soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fire mortars in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province.   (AP Photo)
Afghan National Army soldiers.
Afghan National Army soldiers.   (AP Photo)
US soldiers are seen during the change of command ceremony at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.
US soldiers are seen during the change of command ceremony at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.   (AP Photo)
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Oct 27, 09 8:05 PM CDT
May the dead RIP. But if 8 Troops were all that died in a month in World War 2 or Vietnam, it would be cause for celebration. Reply
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