At least six people - including two police officers - have died in a suicide bombing that hit worshippers exiting a mosque in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province.

Taliban militants determined to scuttle Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections showered rockets on cities today as men and women voted in a key test of the government’s ability to fight insurgents and entrenched corruption.

At least two people have been killed in the first hours of polling in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, officials said.