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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 26
26 Jul 2008 07:25:57 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0715 GMT on Saturday:

TAKHAR - Afghan police killed a Taliban commander on Friday after he attacked a police checkpoint with a group of insurgents in the northeastern province of Takhar, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Mulla Osman was the commander of anti-government operations in the country's northeast, it said.

FARAH - Afghan soldiers killed five insurgents and detained nine more in the western province of Farah during an operation that started on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

KAPISA - Coalition forces killed one militant in the eastern province of Kapisa on Friday after he threatened the soldiers, the U.S. military said on Saturday. (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Bill Tarrant)


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