July 11 (Reuters) - Eight British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, officials said, Britain's worst death toll in a 24-hour period. Five troops on foot patrol were killed by two blasts, the highest toll in a single attack. Fifteen soldiers, including four officers, have been killed in the past 10 days with Britain and the United States fighting major new offensives against the Taliban in southern Helmand. A total of 184 British soldiers have died since the war began in 2001, more than the 179 killed in Iraq since 2003. 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 184 Canada 124 Denmark 22** France 28* Germany 35 Spain 25 Netherlands 19 United States 730 Other nations 67 TOTAL: 1,234 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 Elizabeth Fullerton)
U.S. soldiers of 2nd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division exercise at Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil ...
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