FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 9
July 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0930 GMT on Thursday.
LOGAR - At least 25 people, including 15 school students, were killed in a blast in Logar province, south of Kabul, government officials said. The explosives were hidden in a truck which overturned near a school overnight. Police were checking the truck when the blast happened.
ZABUL - Afghan security forces killed nearly 30 Taliban guerrillas in an ambush in southern Zabul province overnight, army General Sher Mohammad Zazai said.
NURISTAN - Government forces killed five Taliban insurgents during a clash in a remote district of eastern Nuristan province, a local official said. Militants killed eight police and abducted eight in an attack on government offices there on Tuesday.
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - An explosion killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said in a statement. (Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Paul Tait)
LOGAR - At least 25 people, including 15 school students, were killed in a blast in Logar province, south of Kabul, government officials said. The explosives were hidden in a truck which overturned near a school overnight. Police were checking the truck when the blast happened.
ZABUL - Afghan security forces killed nearly 30 Taliban guerrillas in an ambush in southern Zabul province overnight, army General Sher Mohammad Zazai said.
NURISTAN - Government forces killed five Taliban insurgents during a clash in a remote district of eastern Nuristan province, a local official said. Militants killed eight police and abducted eight in an attack on government offices there on Tuesday.
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - An explosion killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said in a statement. (Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Paul Tait)
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