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MAZAR- E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb that struck an American military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed four U.S. soldiers, breaking a threshold that makes 2009 the deadliest year for international forces here since the war began in late 2001.
The attack occurred while the Americans were patrolling in Kandahar province, the U.S. military said.
With four months left in the year, the deaths of the four U.S. soldiers Tuesday pushed the 2009 toll for NATO-led coalition troops to 295, one more than died in all of 2008, according to , a website that tracks military deaths.
There are about 60,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
