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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 25
25 Jul 2008 12:48:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 25 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1245 GMT on Friday: * denotes new or updated item.

* HELMAND - A Danish soldier was killed and three more were wounded when their tank hit a mine or a roadside bomb on Friday, Danish Army Central Command said. Most of the Danish soldiers in Afghanistan are stationed in the southern province of Helmand.

HELMAND - One British soldier was killed and six more were wounded on Thursday in Helmand when their patrol came under enemy fire, the British Defence Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

GHAZNI- Airstrikes killed about 40 Taliban and wounded many more in the third day of an operation by Afghan and foreign forces in the Ajristan district of Ghazni province south of Kabul, the provincial governor's spokesman said on Friday.

HELMAND - Afghan police killed three insurgents after they attacked a police checkpoint in Gereshk district in Helmand, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Paul Tait)


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