August Was The Deadliest Month Of The Afghan War

46 NATO and US troops were killed in Afghanistan during the month of August making it the deadliest month of the entire Afghanistan war. This grim news brings the overall casualty count for US and NATO forces to 948 since the war began back in 2001.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	12
2002	10	12	14	10	1	3	0	3	1	6	1	8	69
2003	4	7	12	2	2	7	2	4	2	6	8	1	57
2004	11	2	3	3	9	5	2	3	4	8	7	1	58
2005	2	2	6	19	4	29	2	33	12	10	7	4	130
2006	1	17	13	5	17	22	19	29	38	17	9	4	191
2007	2	18	10	20	25	24	29	34	24	15	22	9	232
2008	14	7	19	14	24	45	30	46	0	0	0	0	199