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Responsibility for the attack. coner powell is streaming live from kabul. hi, coner. >> reporter: u.s. military says violence is increasing in afghanistan certainly some parts of the country have seen a reduction of violence but today's attack makes it feels like violence is all time high. in total 17 people were killed today here in kabul. four afghans, 12 americans and one canadian. of the americans, many were civilian contractors working with the u.s. military to help rebuild afghanistan. earlier in the day, taliban truck full of bombs rammed into a u.s. military convoy. that set off a mass...

Afghanistan said the operation will last for several months it. will be a top priority to go after the haqqani network to dismantle the haqqani network to provide security in kabul and eastern afghanistan. it is difficult, difficult task but one that has to be done in order to provide security here, jon. jon: we wish our troops well. coner powell live from afghanistan. thank you. jenna: rye ots in after athens and greece. they fired on crowds after they tried to break down the metal security barrier in parliament. this is a two day strike grounding flights and shops and schools. tens of thousa...

Is u.s. and afghan troops pushing in taliban strongholds. there have been intense and fierce fire fights the past few weeks here in kandahar. commanders believe the violence will increase before it is brought back down to lower levels. hopefully as international coalition troops insurgency surge in afghanistan. >> coner, thanks. >> gregg: u.s. government tracking how much you weigh, it's about to start happening but one outspoken critic of the newer federal regulation is one of our former health secretaries. he is going to be joining us live to tell us why his idea is flawed. thanks to t ventu...

Coner powell has the latest from kandahar. >> the latest deaths are part of an increasing trend in afghanistan, a grim trend of violence on the increase and coalition deaths across the country. last july was the record for the number of deaths by constitutional troops across afghanistan in one single month. this month there have been 75 international troops that have been killed here in afghanistan including 56 americans. most commanders expect that number to increase over the next few months, likely with august and september being new records. they attribute the increase there are 150,000 tra...

American troops are missing in eastern afghanistan. servicemen reportedly left their compound from kabul and did not return. meanwhile, in the southern part of the country, five american soldiers have died in separate attacks. coner powell has this report. >> the latest deaths in a trend where we've seen violence in record levels. these deaths represent the latest in a growing anymore, just this month alone there have been 75 international troops killed including 56 americans. commanders on the ground believe the increase in violence are due in part because there are so many international troo...