March 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0900 GMT on Sunday:
HELMAND - Seven insurgents were killed in a joint operation by Afghan and international troops in Girishk district, 530 km (330 miles) southwest of Kabul, on Saturday, the Afghan Defence Ministry said.
PAKTIKA - The Afghan army killed four insurgents after they came under a Taliban rocket attack and returned fire in the Angor Hada district, 150 km (95 miles) south of Kabul, on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said.
HERAT - Four Afghan policemen were killed and a local police chief wounded in a Taliban ambush in Karokh district, 645 km (400 miles) west of Kabul, on Saturday, a spokesman for the regional police chief said.
HERAT - Three Taliban insurgents and one Afghan policeman were killed and two policemen wounded in a clash in Rabat Sangi district of Herat province on Saturday, a spokesman for the regional police chief said.
(Compiled by Jon Hemming; Editing by Paul Tait)