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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
13 Jan 2008 15:12:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 13 (Reuters) - Two Dutch soldiers were killed fighting insurgents in Afghanistan as part of the international force there, the Dutch chief of staff said on Sunday.

The soldiers were killed in separate incidents on Saturday in the Deh Rawod area of southern Afghanistan and two Afghan soldiers also died in the fighting, Defence Chief of Staff Dick Berlijn said in a statement.

The deaths bring the total number of Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 14.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 480

Britain 86

Canada 76

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 69

TOTAL: 760

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef) (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)


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