FACTBOX - Military deaths in Afghanistan

Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:16pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition force on Sunday in the southern province of Helmand, the U.S. military said.

On Saturday a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force soldier died from injuries he suffered in a blast in northern Baghlan province, the alliance said.

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 544

Britain 110

Canada 87

Germany 26*

Spain 23  Continued...

 
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