Dec 5 (Reuters) - A British Royal Marine was killed and a second wounded on Tuesday in a battle with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, the UK Helmand Task Force (UKTF) 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 350

Britain 42

Canada 44

Spain 19

Germany 18

Other nations 36

TOTAL: 508

About 3,800 people, most of them militants but including civilians, Afghan troops, aid workers and more than 180 foreign soldiers, have been killed in fighting in 2006.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties.org

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