Feb 18 (Reuters) - Eight U.S. military personnel were killed when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday after reporting engine failure, the U.S.-led coalition said.

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 368

Britain 46

Canada 44

Spain 19

Germany 18

Other nations 34

TOTAL: 529

Last year was the bloodiest in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in 2001.

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

Sources: Reuters/icasualties.org

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