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FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A roadside bomb has killed three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
The bomb hit a vehicle of the coalition soldiers on Wednesday evening in the western part of the country, the U.S. military said in a statement late the same day. 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 121
Canada 97
Denmark 17**
France 24*
Germany 30
Spain 23
Netherlands 17
United States 620
Other nations 54
TOTAL: 1003
NOTES:
* Figures supplied by French Military.
** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, 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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