March 27 (Reuters) - A Danish soldier was killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday and another was wounded, Danish Army Central Command said. More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2007. 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 491 Britain 89 Canada 81 Spain 23 Germany 26* Other nations 77 TOTAL: 787 * NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence. Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
Turkish riot police take cover behind an armoured personnel carrier to protect themselves from petrol bombs and stones hurled by Kurdish protesters during clashes after the Newroz day celebrations in the ...