US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 580 (AP)

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 580 
    (AP)

AP – As of Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at least 580 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.