Dec 5 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed and two others were wounded on Tuesday when their vehicle was blown up while they were on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

The death brings to 85 the number of British armed forces personnel who have been killed on operations in Afghanistan since October 2001.

Over the past two years, Afghanistan has witnessed the worst insurgent violence since the Taliban government was ousted in 2001. More than 10,000 people including some 300 foreign soldiers have been killed in violence linked to militants.

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

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 469

Britain 85

Canada 73

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 66

TOTAL: 742

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef) (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

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