FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:21am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Two Danish soldiers have been killed in fighting with Taliban insurgents in the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the Danish Central Army Command said on Thursday.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 442

Britain 81

Canada 71

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 56

TOTAL: 699

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef)

 

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