FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:40am EST
 
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Nov 15 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed on Sunday by small arms fire while on foot patrol near Sangin in the southern province of Helmand, the British Defence Ministry 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 920

Britain 233

Canada 133

France 36*

Germany 36***

Denmark 28**

Spain 26

Italy 22

Netherlands 21

Other nations 65

TOTAL: 1,520

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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