Taliban militants wearing Afghan army uniforms attacked a remote Nato base in eastern Afghanistan today, leaving two Afghan soldiers dead and 11 alliance soldiers wounded, a statement from Nato said.

A LOCAL investigation into air strikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said yesterday.

An investigation into US-led airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said today.

US-led coalition air strikes in southern Afghanistan left at least 30 people, including women and children, killed or wounded, an official said today.