US soldiers die in Afghanistan as Nato toll soars

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So far in July, 45 international troops have died in Afghanistan, 33 of them from the US.

"We are in the toughest part of this fight," Isaf spokesman Gen Josef Blotz told reporters 9 years into the Afghanistan war.

The Soviets lasted 10 years until they got out.

How many more years for the US?

How many more American Deaths?

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