FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(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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