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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
30 May 2008 14:15:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 30 (Reuters) - A soldier from U.S.-led coalition forces was killed in the western province of Farah on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 511

Britain 97

Canada 83

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 71

TOTAL: 827

* 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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