US Death Toll In Afghanistan Tops 2,200 In August

Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 11, 2013. Coyer died of complications from an injury sustained in Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, there have been 2,202 deaths in Afghanistan since Operation Enduring Freedom began in 2001. Reuters

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