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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Aug 29

Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:40pm IST
 
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Aug 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1100 GMT on Friday: * denotes new or updated items.

* KUNDUZ - One woman and two children were killed and three others wounded when Afghan security forces and German soldiers fired at a car that failed to stop at a checkpoint in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday, deputy police chief Abdurahman Aqtash told Reuters. A spokesman for the German defence ministry confirmed the incident, saying three civilians had died and that an investigation had been launched.

PAKTIKA - U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 12 militants during a search for an insurgent in the Barmal district in eastern Paktika province on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

* KUNAR - Militants attacked a small NATO-led outpost in the Pech district of northeastern Kunar province, killing one civilian, on Thursday, the NATO force said in a statement. No soldiers were wounded in the attack, it said. (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Paul Tait)

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