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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan near 700
21 Sep 2007 09:12:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For related story see AFGHAN BLAST/ [ID:nSP122021])

Sept 21 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targetted a convoy carrying NATO troops on Friday in the Afghan capital, killing one French soldier of the alliance and wounding several Afghan civilians, police said.

More than 7,000 people have been killed during the past 19 months in Afghanistan, the bloodiest period since the resurgent Taliban's overthrow.

Here are the figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 440

Britain 79

Canada 70

Spain 21

Germany 26*

Other nations 52

TOTAL: 688

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef)


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