FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Eleven Afghan policemen and two NATO soldiers have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed the deaths of two servicemen from the Royal Air Force in Sunday's fighting in Kandahar.
More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan last year and more than 30 have been killed so far this year.
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 492
Britain 93
Canada 82
Spain 23
Germany 26*
Other nations 79
TOTAL: 795
* 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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