US: 4 US troops die in Afghanistan; British jet crashes

US: 4 US troops die in Afghanistan

KABUL — NATO says four more Americans have been killed in Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month ever for U.S. troops in this war.

A NATO statement says the four died Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan. The statement does not give nationalities, but U.S. spokesman Lt. Robert Carr confirms all four were Americans.

At least 30 U.S. troops have now died this month — two more than the toll for June 2008, which had been the deadliest month for the American force in Afghanistan.

At least 55 international troops have been killed in Afghanistan in July, the deadliest month of the war for the NATO mission.

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KABUL (AP) — NATO says four more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan.

A NATO statement says the four died Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan. The statement does not give nationalities, but U.S. spokesman Lt. Robert Carr confirms all four were Americans.

No further details were released. A British soldier was killed Sunday in southern Afghanistan.

Those deaths bring to at least 55 the number of international troops killed in Afghanistan in July, the deadliest month of the war for the NATO mission.

At least 30 U.S. troops have died this month — three more than the death toll for September 2008 which had been the deadliest month for the American force in Afghanistan.

(This version CORRECTS that the previous deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan was June 2008, not September 2008.)