A clash between police and insurgents left one suspected militant dead in the southeast, while Taliban militants kidnapped a local leader from his home and shot him to death, officials said today.

SUSPECTED Taliban militants hanged an old woman and her son from a tree in southern Afghanistan, after accusing them of spying for the Government.

Suspected Taliban militants hanged an old woman and her son from a tree in southern Afghanistan, after accusing them of spying for the government, an official said today.

US-led coalition aircraft bombed Taliban militants meeting in remote southern Afghanistan today, killing dozens of militants.