U.S. and NATO forces face an intensifying insurgency, making Afghanistan a deadlier place than Iraq for U.S. troops.
Violence in Afghanistan has been surging. In the first six months of the year more than 2,500 people, including 1,000 civilians, have been killed, according to aid agencies.Deborah Lutterbeck reports.SOUNDBITES: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Rada, saying (Pashto):"I have been working day and night over the past five years to prevent such incidents, but I haven't been successful in my efforts. If I had succeeded, the people of Azizabad wouldn't be bathed in blood."
Brigadier General Richard Blanchette, of NATO's International Security Assistance Force
Vikram Singh of the Center for a New American Security
