FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A British soldier was killed by a mine while on patrol in Lashkar Gar in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
Another British soldier was killed in a vehicle accident on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday. The deaths bring to 110 the number of British troops killed since U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan.
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 537
Britain 110
Canada 85
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 74
TOTAL: 871
* 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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