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FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Wed Aug 6, 2008 7:27am EDT

(Reuters) - A soldier from U.S.-led coalition forces died of wounds received in a roadside bomb in western Herat province, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

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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 567

Britain 114

Canada 88

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 75

TOTAL: 909

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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