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October is the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan
By Matthew Phifer
October 27, 2009 - 4:18pm
After eight more U.S. troops were killed on Tuesday, October has become the deadliest month in the eight-year conflict in Afghanistan.

The New York Times is reporting that October is now the deadliest month for Americans in the war in Afghanistan following the deaths of eight more servicemen on Tuesday.  Those deaths bring the casualty total for the month of October in Afghanistan to 53.  The death total of October exceeds the total in August of 51.

A statement for the NATO-led coalition says that the eight soldiers killed on Tuesday died in several attacks using “multiple, complex” improvised bombs.Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf...