May 2 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported by 1130 GMT on Saturday. HERAT - A roadside bomb killed the district police chief of Farsi, Herat province around 590 km (365 miles) southwest of Kabul. His bodyguard also died and six other policemen were wounded, the interior ministry said. HELMAND - Afghan and U.S.-led forces on Friday killed five militants in Helmand province's Nahr Surkh district, 530 km (330 miles) southwest of Kabul, U.S. forces said in a statement. The force was attacked from several compounds when on a reconnaissance patrol, and returned fire, killing five. They secured the area and destroyed a small weapons cache. KANDAHAR - A NATO-led air strike in Maywand district of Kandahar province, 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Kabul, killed a local insurgent commander and six of his associates, a detective police officer for the province told Reuters. (Compiled by Emma Graham-Harrison)
File photo of soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr securing the area as a German liason monitoring team (LMT) walks into a village in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. A ...
