FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
Source: Reuters
Nov 15 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed by a bomb south of the district centre of Sangin in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. A second British soldier was killed in a road accident in Helmand province last Friday, the Ministry of Defence reported. 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 467 Britain 84 Canada 71 Spain 23 Germany 26* Other nations 60 TOTAL: 731 * 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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