Nov 4 (Reuters) - A Dutch soldier was killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan and two others were wounded in the incident, the Dutch military said on Saturday.

The soldiers were on patrol in the province of Uruzgan when an improvised device exploded. The wounded are in stable condition, the military said. A military spokesman said 12 Dutch soldiers have died in Afghanistan, including one suicide.

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 458

Britain 82

Canada 71

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 61

TOTAL: 721

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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

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