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May 10 (Reuters) - A soldier serving with the U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan has been killed in fighting in the south of the country, the coalition forces said on Wednesday.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 389

Canada 54

Britain 54

Spain 20

Germany 18

Other nations 39

TOTAL: 574

Last year was the bloodiest in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in 2001 and violence is increasing this year.

More than 4,000 people were killed in fighting in 2006, a quarter of them civilians and about 170 of them foreign soldiers.

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

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