Dec 26 (Reuters) - A Royal Marine was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence reported on Thursday. He was killed during combat in the Nad-e-Ali district near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. A total of 136 British presonnel have been killed in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001. 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 136 Canada 103 Denmark 22** France 24* Germany 30 Spain 25 Netherlands 18 United States 629 Other nations 55 TOTAL: 1,042 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)
Chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, speaks during a news conference at Camp Eggers in Kabul December 20,2008. The U.S. is looking to send 20,000 to ...
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