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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
09 Mar 2009 13:51:03 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 9 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a Canadian soldier from the NATO-led force and wounded four more in Kandahar on Sunday, the alliance said.

Three other Canadian soldiers were killed and two wounded in southern Afghanistan late on Tuesday when their armoured vehicle triggered a roadside bomb, military officials said.

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 149

Canada 112

Denmark 22**

France 26*

Germany 30

Spain 25

Netherlands 18

United States 661

Other nations 57

TOTAL: 1,100

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;)


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