FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 3

Fri Jul 3, 2009 4:45am EDT
 
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July 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported at 0830 GMT on Friday.

KHOST - A roadside bomb killed five security guards -- four Afghans and a foreigner -- working for an Indian road construction company in eastern Khost province's Waze Khan district, local official Abdul Wali Zadran said. Another seven were wounded.

BALKH - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car in northern Balkh province's capital Mazar-i-Sharif but there were no casualties, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

(Compiled by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Paul Tait)




 

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