FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan

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Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:43am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) on Sunday:

* denotes new or updated items.

* KUNDUZ - Taliban gunmen ambushed a convoy in which President Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate Mohammad Qasim Fahim was traveling in northern Kunduz province, provincial governor Mohammad Omar and campaign officials said. Fahim, one of two vice presidential candidates in the August 20 election, was unhurt but one of his bodyguards was wounded, they said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

NURISTAN - Afghan and foreign troops killed 16 Taliban insurgents in artillery strikes in eastern Nuristan province on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said.

* HELMAND - A land mine planted by insurgents killed three private security guards and wounded two in the Nahar Saraj district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.

PAKTIKA - A roadside bomb killed two Afghan soldiers and wounded three in southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said.

NANGARHAR - A roadside bomb killed two road workers in eastern Nangarhar province, the Interior Ministry said.

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - A soldier from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of wounds suffered in an attack by insurgents on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement.

KANDAHAR - A roadside bomb wounded a passenger in a vehicle in the center of Kandahar city in the south, residents said. The target of the bomb was not immediately clear.

(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Paul Tait)

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