FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 15
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 2:30 p.m. British time on Wednesday:
EASTERN AFGHANISTAN - A soldier from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, the alliance said. It did not release the soldier's nationality or the exact location of the incident.
* FARYAB - Two ISAF soldiers were killed and two wounded in a vehicle accident in northern Faryab province Tuesday, ISAF said in a statement. Defence officials in Turkey said the two dead soldiers were Turkish.
* GHAZNI - Two civilians were killed and one wounded when a bomb hidden in a bicycle exploded as a convoy of foreign troops went by in the southwestern town of Ghazni, provincial police chief Khial Baz Sherzai said. No soldiers were wounded, he said.
* KUNAR - Afghan security forces killed two Taliban militants and wounded four during a battle in eastern Manogai district Tuesday, a local official said.
* KANDAHAR - One Afghan policeman was killed when a roadside bomb he was defusing went off in southern Kandahar city, the Interior Ministry said.
* GHAZNI - Afghan soldiers killed two insurgents during a battle in the Qara Bagh district of Ghazni Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said.
(Compiled by Kabul Bureau; Editing by Paul Tait)
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