Feb 11 (Reuters) - Following is a breakdown of security developments in Afghanistan at 1530 GMT on Wednesday.
Taliban insurgents killed 20 people in Kabul. In Logar province 11 people were killed, including five civilians, four Afghan soldiers and one French soldier, in three separate incidents.
KABUL
- At about 0530 GMT an armed suicide bomber tried to enter the Ministry of Education, near the Presidential Palace. He was shot dead by police before he could detonate his device, the interior ministry said.
- At about 0534 GMT five armed suicide bombers entered the Ministry of Justice, also close to the Presidential Palace, and gunned down two security guards, the interior ministry said.
- A policeman shot dead one of the bombers who had entered the building, while the remaining four would-be bombers gunned-down 10 civilians inside the building, before they were also shot down by police, the interior ministry said.
- At about 0535 GMT, two suicide bombers tried to enter the Prison Department building in the north Kabul suburb of Khair Khana. One was killed by a policeman, the other shot dead another policeman, before detonating his device, killing seven policemen, the interior ministry said.
LOGAR
- In Logar province, about 70 km (45 miles) from Kabul, four Afghan soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle during an operation, a provincial spokesman said.
- In a separate roadside bomb attack in Logar, a French soldier and his Afghan translator were killed, NATO-led forces said in a statement.
- Four civilians and one Taliban fighter were killed in NATO-led air strikes in another area of Logar, a provincial spokesman said.
(Compiled by Golnar Motevalli)