U.S. Deaths Rise in Afghanistan June was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war there began in late 2001, as emboldened insurgents step up their attacks. Defense officials and Afghanistan experts say the toll of 28 U.S. combat deaths recorded last month demonstrates a new resurgence of the Taliban.
(A flag is folded in honor of Marine Pfc. Dawid Pietrek, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Farah province. -- By Susan Biddle, TWP) • Graphic: U.S. Troop Deaths