June 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 1200 GMT on Monday: * Denotes new or updated items. KHOST - A bomb blast and a suicide bomb attack killed eight civilians and wounded more than 40 others in Afghanistan's southeastern town of Khost on Monday, a provincial official said. * KHOST - NATO troops shot dead an Afghan civilian in a car in Khost province in the southeast after the car failed to stop following a warning, the alliance said. KANDAHAR - A suicide car bomber killed three Afghan soldiers in southern Kandahar province on Monday, a provincial official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. NANGARHAR - An explosion went off on Monday in a government ammunition dump in eastern Nangarhar, killing a child and wounding 20 others, including 18 civilians, a spokesman for the provincial governor said. Authorities were investigating whether the blast was an accident or sabotage. KHOST - Four Afghan guards of a Western security firm were wounded on Monday in an ambush by Taliban guerrillas on a road in southeastern Khost province, officials said. * KABUL - A roadside bomb hit a vehicle of NATO-led forces on the southern outskirts of Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers of the alliance, an official for the force said. The Taliban said they were behind the blast. HELMAND - A roadside bomb hit a passenger bus and injured three civilians in Helmand province in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said. (Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Sugita Katyal)
A general aerial view of Lake Band-e-Amir in Bamiyan province, about 310 km (193 miles) northwest of Kabul June 18, 2009. Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan's first national park, is in the central Bamiyan ...
