this week, move beyond the violence and figure out how they can help the afghan people, people like amal. the u.s. has spent $25 billion on recovery projects. his life hasn't improved in the last nine years. he can't even afford to take hi sick children to the doctor. all this help and money coming in, where has it gone? he says, i haven't seen anything. the u.s. says billions have been lost to afghan corruption and american projects that haven't benefited the afghan people. the goal for the conference fixed both those problems, but that is a massive challenge, especially when violence is the highest it's been in almost nine years of war. and that violence continues today in southern afghanistan. an american soldier was killed by an ied. he is the 41st service member to be killed this month. and that puts july on track to be the deadliest month of the war. rob? >> nick schifrin in kabul, thank you. >>> suicide bombers have carried out the deadliest this year. a second gunman stormed militia headquarters in the far west anbar province, opening fire before blowing himself up. nearly 50 peo