The roughly 100,000 deployed at the height of president obama s surge. u.s. officials say president trump wants to pull out half the troops out of afghanistan. no official orders have been issued so far. last year 13 americans died in combat in afghanistan. in 2010, 437 were killed in action according to the pentagon. monday a taliban suicide bomber drove a vehicle into a base 25 miles south of the capital killing 45 after ga ns. it killed the taliban commander responsible for the attack. the attack came at the same time the taliban were holding peace talks with a u.s. delegation by a former ambassador. the name of the u.s. army solder killed will be released soon. sandra: thank you. ....