US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 591 (AP)

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 591<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - As of Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at least 591 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 Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.