FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition force on Sunday in the southern province of Helmand, the U.S. military said.
On Saturday a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force soldier died from injuries he suffered in a blast in northern Baghlan province, the alliance 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 544
Britain 110
Canada 87
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 78
TOTAL: 884
* 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)
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