FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, June 10
June 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1130 GMT on Wednesday:
* denotes new or updated items.
* GHAZNI - Three Afghan soldiers were killed and two were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, southwest of the capital Kabul, District Police Chief Ghafur Khan said. Afghan soldiers returned fire after the blast, killing three insurgents, he said.
* GHAZNI - Insurgents ambushed an Afghan police convoy in the Zana Khan district of Ghazni province, killing two policemen and wounding another two, provincial police chief Khialbaz Sherzai said. Four insurgents were also killed and five wounded in a firefight that lasted through late morning and into the afternoon, he said.
URUZGAN - Afghan and foreign troops killed 30 Taliban insurgents during an operation launched three days ago in Char Cheno district of southern Uruzgan province, the provincial police chief said. Two police were also killed during the operation. He said another three officers were killed late on Tuesday in a Taliban attack in another part of Uruzgan.
KUNDUZ - Afghan soldiers killed five insurgents during an operation in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said. One soldier was also wounded in the fighting.
KUNAR - Afghan soldiers killed two insurgents and wounded five more during an operation in the eastern province of Kunar on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said.
GHOR - U.S. forces said they killed a "warlord" and 16 other militants with an air strike in Ghor Province in western Afghanistan. They named the target as Mullah Mustafa and said he commanded 100 fighters and was reported to have links to Taliban leaders and to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Reuters could not reach the Taliban for comment on any of these reports.
(Compiled by Kabul Bureau; Editing by Paul Tait)
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