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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
15 Nov 2007 11:13:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
Nov 15 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed by a bomb south of the district centre of Sangin in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

A second British soldier was killed in a road accident in Helmand province last Friday, the Ministry of Defence reported.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 467

Britain 84

Canada 71

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 60

TOTAL: 731

* 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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