Aug 3 (Reuters) - Nine foreign soldiers, including six Americans, were killed in Taliban strongholds in the south and east of Afghanistan at the weekend. July was the deadliest month for foreign forces in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, with at least 71 killed. August has so far followed that trend with violence escalating ahead of an Aug. 20 presidential poll, seen as a test for Washington and Kabul. 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 766 Britain 191 Canada 127 Germany 35 France 29* Denmark 25** Spain 25 Netherlands 19 Italy 15 Other nations 59 TOTAL: 1,291 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;)
A wreckage of a police car is seen after a roadside bomb blast in the western city of Herat August 3, 2009. A roadside bomb killed at least 12 people and ...
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