FACTBOX - Military deaths in Afghanistan

Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:55pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - One foreign soldier from the NATO-led force was killed in an attack by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the alliance said in a statement on Monday. It gave no other details, including the soldier's nationality.

A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday. Another soldier serving with NATO-led forces in the south died on Friday from wounds received in June, the alliance said.

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 184

Canada 124

Denmark 25**

France 28*

Germany 35  Continued...

 
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