June 4 (Reuters) - A Canadian officer was killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday when his foot patrol came under enemy fire, military officials said. He was the 84th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Ottawa sent troops to the country in late 2002. 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 513 Britain 97 Canada 84 Germany 26* Spain 23 Netherlands 16 Other nations 72 TOTAL: 831 * 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;
Police and security forces gather at the site of a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern city of Lashkar Gah May 28, 2008. Two suicide attacks took place in Afghanistan on ...
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