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FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
29 Jul 2007 09:51:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 29 (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers from the NATO force in Afghanistan were killed on Friday in an area of eastern Nuristan province in a clash with Taliban rebels. Thirteen NATO soldiers were wounded in the fighting.

A British soldier in the NATO force was killed in another clash in the south of the country on Friday. He was the third British soldier killed in three days, the Ministry of Defence reported.

Here are the figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 420

Britain 67

Canada 66

Spain 21

Germany 25*

Other nations 48

TOTAL: 647

* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defence.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef)
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