FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

Thu Jan 8, 2009 11:56am EST
 
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(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier was killed and three others were injured in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when a roadside bomb detonated near their armored vehicle, military officials said.

The latest deaths bring to 107 the number of Canadian soldiers killed since the country's military mission to Afghanistan started in late 2002.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

Britain 138

Canada 107

Denmark 22**

France 24*

Germany 30

Spain 25

Netherlands 18

United States 632

Other nations 56

TOTAL: 1,052

NOTES:

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.  Continued...

 

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