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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 5

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1830 GMT on Tuesday:

KANDAHAR - At least eight civilians and one policeman were killed, and around 25 people were wounded, when insurgents attacked a police patrol on the outskirts of Kandahar city, the provincial governor's spokesman said.

KANDAHAR - The former governor of Arghestan district in Kandahar province and the deputy mayor of Kandahar city were both killed in separate insurgent attacks in Kandahar on Monday, ISAF said.

KABUL - A service member for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said. It gave no further details.

KAPISA - An Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an outpost manned by French and Afghan troops in Kapisa province, north of Kabul on Monday, but caused no casualties, the French military said.

The attack was the latest in a recent spate by "rogue" police and soldiers against their foreign mentors.

LAGHMAN - An Afghan delegation dispatched to investigate reports of civilian deaths in a NATO raid in eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 25 has found that 13 people were killed and that some of them were armed, the president's office said.

Villagers said the operation by foreign and Afghan troops had killed civilians, which prompted the investigation. ISAF sent its own team to the area and has finished its assessment but has so far not released its findings.

(Compiled by Jonathon Burch)