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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
11 Jun 2007 10:43:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
June 11 (Reuters) - A British NATO soldier was killed and four wounded at the weekend in a Taliban ambush near the southern Afghanistan town of Sangin, the British military said.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 398

Britain 60

Canada 56

Spain 21

Germany 21

Other nations 42 TOTAL: 598

Last year's fighting was the bloodiest in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in 2001 and violence is increasing this year. Fifty foreign soldiers have been killed in fighting so far this year.

More than 4,000 people were killed in fighting in 2006, a quarter of them civilians and about 170 of them foreign soldiers killed in fighting or in accidents while on patrol.

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


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