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Oct 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1230 GMT on Monday:
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HELMAND - Eight Afghan security guards were killed when insurgents attacked their compound in the Gereshk district of southern Helmand overnight, the provincial governor&${esc.hash}39;s spokesman Dawood Ahmadi said.
HERAT - Three civilians were killed when several homemade bombs exploded under a bridge in western Herat city while police were attempting to defuse them, the Interior Ministry said. Five others, including a policeman, were wounded.
* GHAZNI - A roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded two in Andar district of Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, the U.S. military said.
* FARAH - Insurgents kidnapped 20 employees of an Afghan construction company in Anar Dara district of western Farah province on Saturday night, the Interior Ministry said. Two insurgents were killed in the incident.
KANDAHAR - A detainee being held by troops from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was found dead in his holding cell in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement. The man was captured during a military operation on Saturday and was found dead the following day in his cell in Kandahar province, it said. It did not give further details and said an investigation was under way. [ID:SGE69H088] (Compiled by Jonathon Burch; Editing by David Fox; jonathon.burch@thomsonreuters.com; +93 794 354 074) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan) (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to newsfeedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com)
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