harrigan live for us in miami. thanks so much. martha: it has been a deadly start tote week in afghanistan for coalition forces. five u.s. troops were killed in three separate attacks there, one british soldier was also killed in a roadside bombing in kabul yesterday. these deaths as there is so much attention focused on this nearly ten-year war and what it will take to win it now that general petraeus is there and in charge. let's go to connor powell who is streaming live for us from kabul, afghanistan. connor, what can you tell us. >> reporter: the deaths come at a time of rising violence in afghanistan. june was the deadliest month on record, 10 103 international trs were killed including 60 americans. already in july 14 international troops killed and many analysts think that june could -- or july could easily surpass the record in soon and throughout the rest of the summer we could be setting many more records. three key u.s. republican