FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:48am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - A British soldier was killed by a mine while on patrol in Lashkar Gar in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.

Another British soldier was killed in a vehicle accident on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday. The deaths bring to 110 the number of British troops killed since U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan.

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:

United States 537

Britain 110

Canada 85

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 74

TOTAL: 871

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

 

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