Afghan police rescued a German aid worker who was snatched while dining with her husband at a restaurant in the capital Kabul, and arrested four suspected kidnappers in the sting operation today, officials said.

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a local police commander’s home early today, killing five of his family members and sparking a gun battle with police that left 10 insurgents dead, an official said.

US-led coalition forces mistakenly killed five Afghan police in a clash in a southern province, the government said today.

A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan left three civilians dead and 48 wounded, including 10 children.

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan left two civilians dead and 48 wounded, including 10 children, officials said today.

A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 40, many just arriving for work, in a busy pedestrian alley next to Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry today, officials said.