Who is helping the United States in Afghanistan?
More than 40 other nations have troops serving in Afghanistan. Great Britain has about 9,000 troops there, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to send 500 more. Germany has 4,300 troops, and France has more than 3,000. Canada has 2,800. The United States has lost 849 troops in Afghanistan since the start of the war; 236 British troops have died; and Canada has lost 133 troops since 2003.
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