FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A Taliban attack killed three Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan on Wednesday, military officials said on Thursday, bringing to 93 the number of soldiers killed there since Canada sent troops to the war-torn country in 2002.
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 578
Britain 116
Canada 93
Germany 26*
Spain 23
France 24**
Netherlands 16
Other nations 67
TOTAL: 943
NOTES:
* Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.
** 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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