WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- August has already become the deadliest month for the Pentagon in the Afghan war, according to U.S. wire and TV reports Friday.

    As of Friday, a total of 46 American soldiers have died in Afghanistan so far this month, the highest number of U.S. military deaths in a single month in the nearly 8-year war.

    A U.S. soldier was killed in Afghanistan Friday, making August the deadliest month for the Pentagon in the Afghan war.

    July is the second deadliest month with 45 U.S. military deaths.

    2009 is turning out to be the most tragic for Americans in the Afghan War, with U.S. military deaths surpassing the 155 casualties in all of 2008.

    Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is expected soon to issue an assessment of the war, amid ebbing U.S. public support for the war.

    The latest Washington Post/ABC poll found 60 percent of U.S. respondents disapprove of President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan.