Dec 26 (Reuters) - A Royal Marine was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence reported on Thursday.

He was killed during combat in the Nad-e-Ali district near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. A total of 136 British presonnel have been killed in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001.

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 136

Canada 103

Denmark 22**

France 24*

Germany 30

Spain 25

Netherlands 18

United States 629

Other nations 55

TOTAL: 1,042

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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