FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday:

*denotes new or updated item.

URUZGAN - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces backed by air power killed more than a dozen militants in the southern province of Uruzgan on Friday after being hit by a roadside bomb and an ambush, the U.S. military said.

*KANDAHAR - Ten civilians were killed and six wounded when a bus carrying a wedding party hit a landmine in Kandahar's Maroof district on Friday, the Kandahar chief of police said.

FARAH - U.S.-led coalition forces killed "several" militants in an airstrike in the western province of Farah on Friday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

PAKTIA - Three Taliban insurgents were killed when the roadside bomb they were planting exploded in the eastern province of Paktia on Friday, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

LOGAR - Afghan security forces killed the leader of a Taliban kidnapping gang in the province of Logar, southeast of Kabul, the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHLAN - Afghan police arrested five Taliban militants in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.

FARAH - Afghan police arrested three Taliban kidnappers in Farah on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.

(Compiled by Jon Hemming; Editing by Giles Elgood)