Nov 5 (Reuters) - A British soldier has been killed by enemy fire in southern Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. The soldier died from wounds sustained during an operation south of Musa Qala in the southern province of Helmand. He is the 122nd British soldier to have been killed in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban government. Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001: NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES: Britain 122 Canada 97 Denmark 17** France 24* Germany 30 Spain 23 Netherlands 17 United States 626 Other nations 51 TOTAL: 1007 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)
REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE TO STRINGER Supporters of Pakistan's right wing Jammat-e-Islami burn a U.S. flag in Karachi November 4, 2008 during a protest against U.S. military strikes in Pakistan's tribal ...
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