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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 24
24 Oct 2009 12:05:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported at 1130 GMT on Saturday:

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Two U.S. service members working for the NATO-led force were killed in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said in a statement.

In a separate incident in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a foreign soldier of undisclosed nationality was killed in a fire fight, the statement added.

The alliance gave no further details of either incident. (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan) (Reporting by Golnar Motevalli; Editing by Andrew Dobbie)
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