FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:26am EST
 
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Nov 9 (Reuters) - Two British soldiers were killed in separate incidents in the Sangin district of Helmand province at the weekend, the British Defence Ministry said.

A U.S. servicemember was killed in an insurgent attack in the west of the country on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

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 916

Britain 232

Canada 133

France 36*

Germany 36***

Denmark 28**

Spain 26

Italy 22

Netherlands 21

Other nations 66

TOTAL: 1,516

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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