A roadside bomb has killed 10 workers as they were on their way to clean streams in southern Afghanistan.

A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber blew himself up today during the funeral of a moderate Muslim cleric, killing 20 people including the Kabul police chief, and wounding 42 others, officials said.

A suspected suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar has killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens of others today during the funeral of a cleric who spoke out against the Taliban.