FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 16

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 0900 GMT on Tuesday:

KABUL - About 720 police have been killed in attacks by Taliban-led insurgents since March across Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. In all, 1,119 policemen were killed the previous year.

MAIDAN WARDAK - Taliban ambushed a convoy carrying officials of Ghazni province in an area of neighbouring Maidan Wardak on Tuesday, an official said.

In a clash that followed the ambush, police killed at least six of the assailants, he said, adding there were no losses on the government side.

KUNAR - An intelligence officer, his wife and two of his sons, were killed in their house in an attack by Taliban fighters in Kunar province in the east, an official said on Tuesday.

The Taliban could not be reached for comment about any of these incidents. (Compiled by Sayed Salahuddin, Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)