FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, April 8

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan as of 6:00 p.m. British time on Sunday:

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Seven foreign soldiers were killed by two roadside bombs, including six troops killed in one of the single worst incidents for the alliance in recent months. In a new policy, NATO refused to say where the attacks occurred because it could identify the nationality of the victims.

SPIN BOLDAK - The Afghan translator for an Italian journalist was killed after a month in captivity because the government refused to release more rebel prisoners, the insurgents said. Afghan officials later confirmed the killing. Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo was freed after two weeks when five Taliban officials were released but his driver was beheaded.

JALALABAD - A suicide bomber died in an attack on a U.S.-led coalition military convoy, police and the United States said. One U.S. soldier was wounded.

PAKTIKA - Two Afghan security guards and two Taliban fighters were killed in a gun battle near the Pakistan border in Paktika province, officials said.

KANDAHAR - A U.S. soldier suffered a gunshot wound at Kandahar airfield, a major NATO base in the south, NATO said, giving no details.

SALERNO - Two Afghan civilians working for NATO were shot dead and another injured by gunmen near a school in Khost province, NATO said.

GHAZNI - One Afghan worker was killed and another injured in two separate attacks on fuel trucks, NATO said.