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FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Sat May 3, 2008 6:15am EDT

(Reuters) - A British soldier died and four others were wounded in a mine blast in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.

The death brings the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 to 95.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 496

Britain 95

Canada 82

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 65

TOTAL: 803

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.

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


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