7 NATO Troops Die After Attacks In Afghanistan -- CNN
(CNN) -- Seven NATO troops died after attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said.
Five troops died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan, ISAF said, though it did not provide details about the attack.
Another ISAF service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Sunday, after earlier announcing the death of another servicemember in an IED attack in the southern part of the country.
It was not clear whether those two troops died as a result of the same attack.
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My Comment: When winter started in Afghanistan in past years, the war always took a back seat with the first snowfalls. The fact that heavy fighting still continues with winter about to start bodes badly for what will happen in the next few months, and more particularly next summer after the poppy harvest is completed.
What is my prediction .... looking at trends I will have to say that next year will be a bloodbath, with civilian/Taliban casualties numbering in the thousands and a near doubling of NATO deaths/casualties from this year.