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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 5

Sun Oct 5, 2008 5:20pm IST
 
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Oct 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1100 GMT on Sunday:

URUZGAN - Soldiers from the NATO-led force have captured a suspected Taliban commander, Mullah Sakhi Dad, in Tirin Kot district of southern Uruzgan province, some 380 km (238 miles) southwest of Kabul, the alliance said. Dad is reported to have ordered and coordinated suicide bombers in the province, it said.

KHOST - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives on Thursday, killing himself, as U.S-led coalition forces searched a compound in Tani district of eastern Khost province, some 160 km (100 miles) southeast of Kabul, the U.S. military said on Sunday. No coalition forces were injured in the blast, it said.

HERAT - A suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated his explosives near an Afghan army convoy, injuring one officer and three civilians in western Herat province, some 645 km (400 miles) west of Kabul, a district governor told Reuters. (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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