July 7 (Reuters) - Three soldiers from the NATO-led force were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the alliance in Afghanistan said in on Tuesday. The helicopter crashed on takeoff from a base in Zabul, southern Afghanistan. The dead were two Canadians and a Briton. The incident happened on Monday when seven U.S. soldiers were killed in separate Taliban attacks in various parts of Afghanistan. Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001: NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES: Britain 175 Canada 123 Denmark 22** France 28* Germany 35 Spain 25 Netherlands 19 United States 726 Other nations 67 TOTAL: 1,220 NOTES: ** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide. * Figures supplied by French military. Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit; Editing by Jon Boyle)
An Afghan man prays next to a U.S soldier in a market in Sangarkhel village in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY ...
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