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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
16 Oct 2007 12:33:57 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 16 (Reuters) - A Danish army officer wounded in a clash with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday has died, the Danish Central Army Command said on Tuesday.

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 449

Britain 82

Canada 71

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 57

TOTAL: 708

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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


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