FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - A roadside blast killed four British soldiers from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

They died on Tuesday when the blast struck their vehicle as they passed by east of Lashkar Gah in Helmand, the defense ministry said.

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 521

Britain 106

Canada 85

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 71

TOTAL: 848

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;