An especially bloody 10 days in Afghanistan 's Helmand province , the staging ground for several major recent offensives , claimed the lives of 15 British soldiers in July , putting the number of the country 's dead in Afghanistan at 184 , the Defense Ministry said . Soldier 's death in Kandahar operations brings monthly international death toll to 47 . Previous monthly record for coalition forces was 46 in June and August 2008 . News comes as British death toll in Afghanistan surpasses number of dead in Iraq . Score: 6
Soldier 's death in Kandahar operations brings monthly international death toll to 47 . Previous monthly record for coalition forces was 46 in June and August 2008 . News comes as British death toll in Afghanistan surpasses number of dead in Iraq . Score: 6