April 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0600 GMT on Friday:

KABUL - A bomb exploded beside a police check point in Kabul before dawn, killing one policeman, a district police official said.

PAKTIA - A roadside bomb killed three Afghan soldiers and wounded five others in Garda Serai district, some 120 km (75 miles) south of Kabul, provincial police chief Aziz Ahmad Wardak said.

GHAZNI - The father of Education Minister Farooq Wardak was found alive in Khwaja Omari district of Ghazni province, 120 km (70 miles) southwest of Kabul, five days after being kidnapped.

(Compiled by Golnar Motevalli; Editing by Sugita Katyal)

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