FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Wed Feb 6, 2008 7:49am EST
 
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(Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition and wounded two more in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2007 and 12 foreign soldiers have died since January 1.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 482

Britain 87

Canada 78

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 68

TOTAL: 764

* NOTE: 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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