FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
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April 28 (Reuters) - An Australian soldier was killed by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Australian Department of Defence said on Monday.
The death brings the number of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 to five.
More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan last year and 50 foreign troops have been killed so far this year.
Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in late 2001:
NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 494
Britain 94
Canada 82
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 66
TOTAL: 801
* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.
Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by Candida Ng, Singapore Editorial Reference Unit)
April 28 (Reuters) - An Australian soldier was killed by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Australian Department of Defence said on Monday.
The death brings the number of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 to five.
More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan last year and 50 foreign troops have been killed so far this year.
Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in late 2001:
NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 494
Britain 94
Canada 82
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 66
TOTAL: 801
* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.
Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by Candida Ng, Singapore Editorial Reference Unit)
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