U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 30

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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported as of 1430 GMT on Saturday:

WARDAK - An Afghan soldier opened fire on sleeping U.S. troops at a joint base after a night operation, killing two American soldiers and wounding four, said Shahedullah Shahed, spokesman for the governor of Wardak province, west of Kabul. U.S. forces said only that two service members had died after a "hostile attack" and gave no further details.

EASTERN AFGHANISTAN - One U.S. service member was killed by a homemade bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the U.S. military said. It gave no further details.

KUNDUZ - A bomb in a motorcycle killed three people and wounded 20 in the Imam Saheb district of Kunduz province in the north of the country, provincial governor Mohammad Omar said.

LASHKAR GAH - Afghan police were holding a South African security guard who shot dead an Afghan employee of his firm, working on a U.S. anti-drugs programme in Helmand province in the south of the country, said Asadullah Sherzad, provincial police chief.

(Compiled by Peter Graff)

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