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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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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

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Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:38am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1000 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes new or updated items:

* NURISTAN - Afghan and foreign troops killed 20 Taliban fighters in a raid in eastern Nuristan province on Wednesday, a provincial official said.

* URUZGAN - A roadside bomb killed seven Afghan guards working for a local construction firm in southern Uruzgan province on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. The Taliban said on their website they were responsible for the attack.

KABUL - Four members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, ISAF said in a statement.

(Compiled by Kabul Bureau; Editing by Paul Tait)
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