FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan

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

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*KABUL - A suicide bomber hit a German embassy vehicle on a road leading to the parliament building on Sunday in Kabul, police said, adding two local civilians were killed and three wounded in the attack. It was clear if any of the occupants of the vehicle were wounded or killed.

PAKTIA/KABUL - Afghan and U.S.-led troops killed 17 militants and detained ten suspected insurgents in two separate raids in southeastern Paktia and Kabul provinces on Saturday, the U.S. military said. It did not say whether there were casualties among civilians or troops during the operations.

ZABUL - Taliban insurgents released on Sunday two Afghan journalists kidnapped from the main highway in southern Zabul province last week, officials said. No reason was given for the abduction or freedom of the pair, who work for foreign media.

KANDAHAR - A roadside bomb killed an Afghan guard of a foreign security firm on Sunday in a remote area of Kandahar which also lies in the south, police said.

HELMAND - NATO-led force shot dead an Afghan policeman in neighboring Helmand in a car when he failed to notice standard warning shots from an alliance convoy on Saturday, the force said.

*NANGARHAR - A female Afghan employee of the United Nations was shot dead in front of a meeting of elders in eastern province of Nangarhar on Nov 26th, the U.N. said in a statement. The cause of her murder was not clear, it added.

(Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Jerry Norton and Valerie Lee)