FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(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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