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Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, 20 Dec 2009

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0900 GMT on Sunday.

EASTERN AFGHANISTAN - A Polish service member working for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by small-arms fire in an insurgent attack in the east of the country on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement.

HELMAND - A British soldier was killed by an explosion while on foot patrol in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

(Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Paul Tait) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan)