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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
21 Jan 2008 12:18:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 21 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed and five others injured when their vehicle was hit by a mine in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Monday.

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 480

Britain 87

Canada 76

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 69

TOTAL: 761

* 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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