FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, March 16

Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:07am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0900 GMT (5 a.m. EDT) on Monday:

HELMAND - A suicide bomber on foot killed 11 people, including nine police officers, outside the main police headquarters in Lashkar Gah district, 555 km (345 miles) southwest of Kabul, the Interior Ministry said.

Another 29 people, many of them police, were also wounded.

HELMAND - Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Sangin district, 490 km (305 miles) southwest of Kabul, on Sunday, the British Defense Ministry said. Next of kin have been informed.

FARAH - A would-be suicide bomber armed with a grenade killed a police officer guarding a compound in western Farah province, an official said. The bomber was shot dead by police as he tried to enter the compound and blow himself up. (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Alex Richardson))

 

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