April 28 (Reuters) - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.

The soldier, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed while on foot patrol alongside the Afghan National Army near the Forward Operating Base Keenan, north east of Gereshk, in Helmand province.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

Britain 153

Canada 118

Denmark 22**

France 27*

Germany 30

Spain 25

Netherlands 19

United States 679

Other nations 64

TOTAL: 1,137

NOTES:

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.

* Figures supplied by French military. Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;)

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