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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Jan 29

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Saturday, 29 January 2011 15:01 GMT

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1500 GMT on Saturday.

KABUL - Two service members from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement. No further details were available.

KANDAHAR - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Abdul Latif Ashna, as he left his home to travel to work in southern city of Kandahar, the governor's spokesman said. At least five civilians were wounded, he said.

(Compiled by Matt Robinson; Editing by Paul Tait)) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan)

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