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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
19 Aug 2009 10:32:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 19 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. service members with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and wounded three in eastern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement on Wednesday.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 787

Britain 204

Canada 128

Germany 35

France 29*

Denmark 25**

Spain 25

Netherlands 19

Italy 15

Other nations 58

TOTAL: 1,325

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French military.

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;)


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