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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
09 Mar 2008 10:32:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 9 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a soldier from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, (ISAF) and wounded another in the province of Paktia, an ISAF statement said.

ISAF did not release the nationality of the dead soldier however, but most troops operating in eastern Afghanistan are American.

Ottawa said a Canadian soldier died last Sunday when his vehicle hit an explosive device.

More than 200 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

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 485

Britain 89

Canada 79

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 73

TOTAL: 775

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

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