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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 10
10 Oct 2008 13:02:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1300 GMT on Friday:

KABUL - A convoy belonging to international troops fired on a civilian car wounding three people including a woman in the centre of Kabul city on Friday, a police official and witnesses said.

KHOST - A suicide bomber on foot killed a provincial intelligence officer and wounded three other policemen in the Baak district of Khost province some 150 km (90) miles east of Kabul on Friday, the provincial district chief said.

NENGARHAR - A suicide bomber targeted a foreign military convoy wounding two soldiers and an interpreter in the eastern city of Jalalabad some 115 km (71) miles east of Kabul on Friday, a provincial official said. Most of the soldiers operating in eastern Afghanistan are Americans.

GHAZNI - Five Taliban insurgents were killed and two Afghan policemen and two other militants were wounded during a gun battle in the Andar district some 200 km (125) miles southwest of Kabul on Thursday, the provincial district chief said.

FARAH - Taliban insurgents ambushed a convoy belonging to the U.S. security firm USPI killing two guards and seting fire to eleven trucks in the Bala Boluk district some 635 km (395) miles west of Kabul on Thursday, a provincial police officer, Juma Khan said. USPI carries supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan. (Compiled by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Bill Tarrant)
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