The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 21, 2010 700 Foreign Troops Killed in 2010 in Afghanistan ------------------------------------------------- The number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year has topped 700, making 2010 by far the deadliest year for foreign troops. The dead include 493 U.S. troops and 101 British soldiers. .