Toll on UK troops in Afghanistan

UK troops have spent eight years on the ground in Afghanistan, and have sustained heavy casualties in recent months in the south of the country.

A total of 232 UK troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, 95 of whom died in 2009.

The UK mission in Afghanistan has been focused on securing the southern province of Helmand, so it comes as no surprise that the vast majority of British fatalities, 201 people - more than 85% - have taken place there.

In addition to the fatalities, many troops have been injured. A total of 940 of them were wounded in action up to 15 October 2009.

Of those, 386 were wounded in 2009, which was well over the figure for any of the previous years of the operation.

The full list of troops who have died in Afghanistan may be found by clicking here, where there are also breakdowns of fatalities by service, age, cause of death and place of birth.