US soldiers on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The US Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to terror or nuclear attacks and emergencies, The Washington Post said Monday. (AFP/File/David Furst)From Yahoo News/AP:
KABUL, Afghanistan – Only one American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to a campaign targeting insurgent leaders, an improvement in Afghan security forces and the onset of winter.
Twice this year, monthly U.S. death tolls in Afghanistan surpassed the monthly toll in Iraq, highlighting the differing trends in the two war zones; security in Iraq has improved while it has deteriorated in Afghanistan.
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My Comment: Winter has arrived in the mountains of Afghanistan. Targeting and eliminating the leadership of the Taliban also helps.