FACTBOX-Security Developments In Afghan, Oct 13

U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed five militants in an operation targeting facilitators for foreign fighters in Ghazni province.

GHAZNI - Six civilians were killed and two wounded when their minibus hit a roadside bomb in Zana Khan district of Ghazni province, some 115 km (70 miles) southwest of Kabul, a provincial official said.

GHAZNI - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed five militants in an operation targeting facilitators for foreign fighters in Ghazni province, some 200 km (125) miles southwest of Kabul, the U.S. military said.

KHOST - Two civilians were killed and three wounded when a rocket, fired by insurgents, landed on their home in eastern Khost province, some 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Kabul on Sunday, the provincial police chief said.

GHAZNI - Afghan and international troops killed nine Taliban insurgents during a joint operation in Waghaz district of Ghazni province on Sunday, some 140 km (85 miles) southwest of Kabul, provincial police chief Mohammad Zaman said.