FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

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Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:26pm EDT

(Reuters) - A German soldier has been killed and three injured by a bomb explosion in northern Afghanistan, German officials said on Wednesday.

The death, near the city of Kunduz, brings the number of German soldiers killed in attacks in Afghanistan since early 2002 to 12, while 16 more died in accidents or from other causes.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

Britain 116

Canada 93

Denmark 17**

France 24*

Germany 28

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

United States 580

Other nations 52

TOTAL: 949

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French Military.

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command and includes 1 suicide.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures.

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

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