Claim: "More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before."
Fact-check: Chain email says 'more than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months'
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-04-24T00:00:00