What's going on: Afghanistan violence kills 7 U.S. troops

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Reza Shirmohammadi / The Associated PressAbdul Manan, a candidate for the September Parliament elections, is brought to a hospital after being shot in Herat, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. On Saturday evening in Herat province, Herat was shot and killed as he was on his way to a mosque, said Lal Mohammad Omarzai, deputy governor of Shindand district. He said two men on a motorbike opened fire on Manan, who died of his wounds.

From The Associated Press:

KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.

Two servicemen died in bombings Sunday in southern Afghanistan, while two others were killed in a bomb attack in the south on Saturday and three in fighting in the east the same day, NATO said. Their identities and other details were being withheld until relatives could be notified.

The latest deaths bring to 42 the number of American forces who have died this month in Afghanistan after July's high of 66. A total of 62 international forces have died in the country this month, including seven British troops.

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