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Factbox: Military deaths in Afghanistan

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Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:26pm EDT

(Reuters) - Two Dutch marines were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle hit an explosive device on Saturday in the Deh Reshan area in the southern province of Uruzgan, the Dutch Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan caused by violence or accidents since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 1,044

Britain 281

Canada 142

Germany 43**

France 41*

Denmark 31***

Spain 28

Italy 22

Netherlands 23

Other nations 75

TOTAL: 1,730

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French military.

** Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.

*** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.

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

(Reporting by Gilbert Kreijger; Compiled by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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Comments (3)
Goldshadow wrote:
It does & always has broken my heart that men insist on physically fighting about things. When will they ever get past their egos & give women a go at talking problems out. We’re very good at it. Gramma M

Apr 17, 2010 6:30pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
kassie01 wrote:
RIP boys and girls. This makes 6500+ military casualties after 9/11. Can’t even begin to imagine how many civillians died.

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fgtcdf wrote:
how many Iraqis have died? Are their lives less valuable? I feel bad for the little guy who lost his life to the guy who came to steal his country’s oil(under a pretext) who himself will never benefit from it..

Apr 17, 2010 11:10pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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