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. June 15, 2012 Death Toll for U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Hits 2,000 ------------------------------------------------------- The U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan has reached the milestone of 2,000 dead U.S. servicemembers in the nearly 12-year war. The number of Afghans killed during that same period is unknown but far higher. .