Jan 17 (Reuters) - Following are security
developments in Afghanistan as of 1350 GMT on Sunday.
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* HERAT - A district governor and five
police - including a senior officer - were killed in a Taliban ambush on
Sunday in Chesht Sharif district of western Herat province, the provincial
police chief said. A Taliban spokesman said they had carried out the attack.
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* KANDAHAR - Afghan and NATO-led troops
killed 10 insurgents in a joint operation, backed by air assault and direct
fire engagement, on Saturday in southern Kandahar province, the NATO-led
force said on Sunday.
HELMAND - An air strike by a NATO-led
force killed five insurgents during a clash involving Afghan troops in
southern Helmand province, the Afghan defence ministry said on Sunday.
There were no losses among foreign or Afghan troops, it said.
The Taliban could not be reached immediately
for comment about their reported losses.
HELMAND - A land mine blast killed two
Afghan soldiers in another part of Helmand, the ministry said.
HELMAND - NATO-led troops shot dead
an Afghan civilian whose vehicle approached a convoy on Sunday morning
in Sangin area of Helmand that has seen violent civil unrest over the past
week, the alliance said.
KUNDUZ - Afghan troops killed a number
of insurgents, including some foreign militants, during a raid in northern
Kunduz province, the Afghan ministry of defence said on Sunday.
* KUNDUZ - German troops with the NATO-led
troops fired at a car killing one civilian and wounding another inside
it on Sunday in an area of Kunduz, provincial police chief Abdul Razaaq
Yaqoubi said.
EASTERN AFGHANISTAN - A U.S. service
member with the NATO-led force died of wounds on Saturday as a result of
an engagement with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the force said on
Sunday. (Reporting by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Bill Tarrant) (For more
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