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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:59pm EDT

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday ahead of a run-off presidential election, the NATO-led alliance said, the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the war started eight years ago.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001:



NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 905

Britain 223

Canada 131

France 36*

Germany 36***

Spain 26

Denmark 26**

Italy 22

Netherlands 21

Other nations 65

TOTAL: 1,491

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French military.

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

*** 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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