U.S. death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000 troops | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since military operations began in 2001 has reached 1,000, the icasualties.org web site reported on Tuesday.
The independent site tracks losses suffered by international military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. It said the 1,000 death occurred on Monday, citing a U.S. military command announcement on the death of a soldier in southern Afghanistan.
U.S. troops have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001, when the Taliban government was overthrown in response to its sheltering of Al Qaeda after the September 11 attacks on the United States.”