Afghan Militant Groups
Sep 8 2008, Madhuri Katti

According to recent Pentagon and an independent website reports, combat deaths are on rise in parts of Afghanistan. American military death toll has been the highest in this month of June and they are still counting. There are no confirmed records of...

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