FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, October 9

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 7:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday:

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* URUZGAN - U.S.-led and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban militants in Shahid Hassas district of southern Uruzgan province Wednesday, some 380 km (238 miles) southwest of Kabul, while insurgents killed 10 civilians nearby, the U.S. military said.

WARDAK - Ten Taliban insurgents were killed when a rocket they were trying to launch exploded in the Jalrez district some 55 km (35 miles) southwest of Kabul Wednesday, provincial governor's spokesman Adam Khan Seerat said.

FARAH - Afghan and foreign troops killed as many as six Taliban militants during a sweep in Bakwa district, some 650 km (400 miles) west of Kabul Wednesday, a statement from Afghan Defense Ministry said.

HELMAND - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces backed by airpower killed nine militants in Nahr Surkh district in Helmand province, some 500 km (300 miles) southwest of Kabul, after a joint patrol came under attack, the U.S. military said.

KHOST - U.S.-led coalition forces killed one militant and detained two during an operation to target the Haqqani network in Khost province, about 150 km (90 miles) east of Kabul, on Wednesday, a U.S. military statement said.

KHOST - One insurgent was killed and one Afghan soldier was wounded while a roadside bomb the rebel was trying to plant exploded in the Zani Khail district of Khost province, 150 km east of Kabul, Wednesday.

(Compiled by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)