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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
24 Aug 2007 12:04:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Three British soldiers were killed on Thursday in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in a suspected "friendly fire" incident, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday. Two other soldiers were injured.

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 428

Britain 73

Canada 69

Spain 21

Germany 25*

Other nations 50

TOTAL: 666

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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


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