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FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan

Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:26am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 6:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday:

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KUNDUZ - Taliban guerrillas stormed a key police post in the Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz overnight, killing the police chief and two of his men, a provincial official said.

KABUL - Five policemen were killed and four wounded in the western outskirts of the Afghan capital by a remote-controlled mine planted by Taliban insurgents on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.

KANDAHAR - Two foreign journalists with the Associated Press news agency were wounded by an explosion in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the organization said.

(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by David Fox)
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