Kabul - Deaths of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban insurgency have hit the unprecedented toll of 100 for the month of June
alone. The total toll for 2009 was 520. The heavy toll can be largely attributed to the Taliban's use of homemade bombs, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which are cheap and easy to make and account for the majority of foreign troops
deaths. Attacks had risen by 94 percent in the first four months of this year, compared to the same period in 2009.
