FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 5
July 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0900 GMT on Sunday.
GARDEZ - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 16 Afghan personnel working for a United Nations-sponsored demining agency in the eastern province of Paktia late on Saturday, police and U.N. officials said.
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Two soldiers from the NATO-led coalition were killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said. It gave no further details. The British Ministry of Defence said two of its soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Helmand province on Saturday.
HELMAND - A landmine killed an Afghan soldier in Helmand on Saturday, Afghanistan's Defence Ministry said. Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops have been involved in a big operation against the Taliban in Helmand since Thursday.
(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Paul Tait)
GARDEZ - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 16 Afghan personnel working for a United Nations-sponsored demining agency in the eastern province of Paktia late on Saturday, police and U.N. officials said.
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Two soldiers from the NATO-led coalition were killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said. It gave no further details. The British Ministry of Defence said two of its soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Helmand province on Saturday.
HELMAND - A landmine killed an Afghan soldier in Helmand on Saturday, Afghanistan's Defence Ministry said. Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops have been involved in a big operation against the Taliban in Helmand since Thursday.
(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Paul Tait)
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