U.S. death toll in Afghanistan hits 2,000, but many more lives turned upside-down

June 13, 2012 7:09 PM
ByDavid Martin

(CBS News) FAIRFAX, Va. - The war in Afghanistan has just passed two milestones this week: It has lasted more than 3,900 days and it has cost 2,000 American lives. But there is one statistic we can't give you - the number of lives changed by each of those deaths. There are too many to count.

The number 2,000 only begins to tell the story of what's been lost in Afghanistan.

Take 21-year-old Nicholas Kirven, gunned down by insurgents on Mother's Day 2005. It was his last mission before he was due to come home.

His mother Beth signed the papers for him to enlist in the Marines right after 9/11. He was 17.

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