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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Nov 22
22 Nov 2009 10:30:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Nov 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1030 GMT on Sunday.

KANDAHAR - Five Afghan policemen were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their military vehicle in the southern border town of Spin Boldak, in Kandahar province, said a senior border police official, Abdul Razaq.

KUNDUZ - Afghan troops killed three insurgents during a gun battle in the Imam Saheb district of northern Kunduz province on Saturday evening, district governor Juma Khan said.

KUNDUZ - Taliban insurgents set on fire three loaded fuel tankers bound for NATO-led troops in Kunduz city on Saturday, but no one was killed or wounded, provincial governor Mohammad Omar said.

(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan) (Compiled by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Peter Graff) ((hamid.shalizi@thomsonreuters.com; +93 799 390 693

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