FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 14

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 5:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday:

* denotes new or updated items.

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - A soldier from the U.S.-led coalition force was killed and several wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan Monday, the U.S. military said. The nationalities of the soldiers were not released.

GHAZNI - Coalition soldiers killed five militants in an operation targeting a network for foreign fighters in the Rashidan district of Ghazni province, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Kabul, Monday, the U.S. military said.

* HERAT - A Nepali cook and six Afghan colleagues working for the NATO-led force were kidnapped in western Herat province, about 645 km (400 miles) west of Kabul, Monday, the district governor told Reuters. Four were later released.

Taliban commander Ghulam Yahya Siwoshani told Reuters the militant group was holding the rest and they were in good health but did not did not make any demands.

(Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Paul Tait)