(Reuters) – A British soldier was shot dead while on foot patrol in the southern Nad Ali district of Helmand province on Monday, the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:
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NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 560
Britain 113
Canada 88
Germany 26*
Spain 23
Netherlands 16
Other nations 75
TOTAL: 901
* NOTE: Figures supplied by German Ministry of Defense.