FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 30
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:27 GMT
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Sept 30 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1430 GMT on Thursday.
* denotes new or updated items
* KABUL - Two ISAF servicemembers died in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
One died after a homemade bomb detonated, and the other following an insurgent attack, ISAF said.
No further details were available.
* KANDAHAR - A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up beside a convoy of ISAF troops in the southern province of Kandahar on Thursday morning, killing three civilians and wounding nine others, the provincial governor's spokesman said.
ISAF declined to say if the servicemember who died after an insurgent attack had been travelling in that convoy, or had been targeted in a different incident.
KANDAHAR - Afghan troops killed four insurgents during an operation in Kandahar, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
URUZGAN - A roadside bomb killed three Afghan soldiers in southern Uruzgan province, the ministry said on Thursday.
KUNDUZ - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed three insurgents during a clearing operation aimed at disrupting the Taliban's freedom of movement in the northern province of Kunduz on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
KABUL - An ISAF servicemember died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, ISAF said.
It gave no further details.
(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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