[Americans have a better chance of being killed in Chicago than U.S. troops do in Afghanistan, figures from the nation's third-largest city show.](http://www.inquisitr.com/257478/more-americans-killed-in-chicago-than-in-afghanistan/) > It's not just this year that Chicago outpaced Afghanistan in terms of deaths by violence, either. Since 2001 more than 5,000 people have been killed by gunfire in Chicago, and during that same period 2,000 U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan > (...) May 03 2013 © https://www.bananas-playground.net 2000 - 2025