July 23 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed in an explosion while on patrol in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said.

The death brings to 188 the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

On Monday, a British soldier from the force's bomb disposal group was killed in an explosion in Helmand.

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 188

Canada 125

Denmark 25**

France 28*

Germany 35

Spain 25

Netherlands 19

Italy 15

United States 750

Other nations 56

TOTAL: 1,266

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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