43 U.S. Troops Have Died in Afghanistan Since Gen. McChrystal Called for Reinforcements

By Susan Jones,CNS News

Another American died in Afghanistan on Wednesday,the final day of September–and exactly one month after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sent a confidential war assessment to the Obama administration,warning that more forces are needed–soon.

The as-yet-unnamed American serviceman who died on Wednesday was caught in a suicide attack in Khost Province,in eastern Afghanistan,press reports said.

On August 30,Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent Defense Secretary Robert Gates a war assessment in which he said more U.S. troops–and a new U.S. strategy–are needed if the U.S. is to defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan.

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