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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
27 Mar 2008 10:00:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 27 (Reuters) - A Danish soldier was killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday and another was wounded, Danish Army Central Command 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 491

Britain 89

Canada 81

Spain 23

Germany 26*

Other nations 77

TOTAL: 787

* 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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