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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
21 Mar 2008 11:11:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 21 (Reuters) - A Romanian soldier was killed and another was wounded in Afghanistan, north of Qalat on Thursday when their armoured vehicle, a Humvee, hit an improvised explosive device, Romania's defence ministry said.

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 487

Britain 89

Canada 81

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 75

TOTAL: 781

* 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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