Oct 5 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed on Thursday and two others injured when a vehicle they were travelling in was caught in an explosion west of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence reported on Friday

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 448

Britain 82

Canada 71

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 55

TOTAL: 705

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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

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