FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A British soldier was killed near Musa Qala in Helmand province on Monday, Britain's Ministry of Defence reported.
A total of 96 British soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the start of operations in October 2001.
Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled:
NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 503
Britain 96
Canada 83
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 67
TOTAL: 814
* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.
Sources: Reuters/casualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures.
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