July 25 (Reuters) - A Danish soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Friday when his tank hit a mine or an improvised explosive device, Danish Army Central Command said.

Fourteen Danish soldiers have now been killed in Afghanistan.

Earlier Britain's Ministry of Defence reported that a British soldier was killed and six wounded in a firefight with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 560

Britain 112

Canada 88

Germany 26*

Spain 23

Netherlands 16

Other nations 75

TOTAL: 900

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures.

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