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FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:46am EDT

(Reuters) - Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers were killed and two wounded in a vehicle accident in northern Faryab province Tuesday, ISAF said in a statement. Defense officials in Turkey said the two dead soldiers were Turkish.

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Another ISAF soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, the alliance said. It did not release the soldier's nationality or the exact location of the incident.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

Britain 184

Canada 124

Denmark 25**

France 28*

Germany 35

Spain 25

Netherlands 19

Italy 14

United States 739

Other nations 59

TOTAL: 1,252

NOTES:

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

* Figures supplied by French military.

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

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;)
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