Aug 22 (Reuters) - A Taliban attack killed three Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan on Wednesday, military officials said on Thursday, bringing to 93 the number of soldiers killed there since Canada sent troops to the war-torn country in 2002. 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: United States 578 Britain 116 Canada 93 Germany 26* Spain 23 France 24** Netherlands 16 Other nations 67 TOTAL: 943 NOTES: * Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence. ** Figures supplied by French Military. Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;)
Pakistani Islamist party activist burn a U.S. flag during a protest to show solidarity with U.S.-trained neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in Lahore August 21, 2008. Pakistan has demanded consular access to Siddiqui, ...
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