FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 23

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Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0630 GMT on Wednesday.

* KANDAHAR - Seven civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province in the south of the country, Deputy Governor Ahmad Shah Khan said.

FARAH - Five civilians were killed and two others were wounded when their car was hit by a roadside bomb in Gulistan district, Farah province, on Tuesday, provincial governor Rohul Amin said.

* HERAT - A group of Taliban militants stormed the home of an Afghan police officer in Guzara district in western Herat province, killing his teenage son and wounding his wife and daughter, the officer, Esmatullah, who uses one name, said.

He managed to escape before the Taliban set his home on fire.

NIMROZ - Three insurgents were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting in a dirt road exploded in the western Khash Rod district of southern Nimroz, provincial governor, Ghulam Dastagir Azaad said. (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)