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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan - Feb 7

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Monday, 7 February 2011 09:15 GMT

KARACHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0910 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated items.

KARACHI - Pakistani police officials on Monday said explosions near two separate police stations in the country's commercial hub Karachi caused damage to the buildings but no injuries.

*QUETTA - Gunmen attacked five trucks used for supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan near Pakistan's southwestern town of Sibbi, and then set them on fire. The trucks were parked at a roadside restaurant when they were attacked early in the morning, police said.

*HANGU - Militants opened fire on a police patrol in the northwestern town of Hangu, wounding eight policemen, including a senior officer, police said.

(Compiled by Sahar Ahmed; Editing by Michael Georgy)

(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan.

(E-mail: sahar.ahmed@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: sahar.ahmed@thomsonreuters.com; Karachi newsroom: +92 21 3568 5192))

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