Thirteen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors, Nato has said.

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a van into an armoured Nato bus today in Kabul, killing 13 American troops and four Afghans, US and Afghan officials said, in the deadliest attack on coalition forces in more than two months.

A veteran Afghan officer shot dead eight Nato troops and a civilian before being killed himself after an argument at Kabul airport today.

Foreign troops were among a number of people killed and wounded when an Afghan Army officer opened fire after an argument at Kabul’s airport today.

An Afghan soldier opened fire inside the UK's Defence Ministry compound today, killing several people,

A suicide bomber has killed five soldiers from the Nato-led international coalition outside a military base in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Four Afghan soldiers have been killed after a man in a security forces uniform blew himself up at the entrance to a military base in eastern Afghanistan.

The Taliban took aim at Afghanistan’s intelligence services today, killing four people and injuring more than 30 in two separate attacks, including a suicide bombing on a bus in the capital, officials said.

A Nato airstrike killed four Afghan soldiers in the country’s south, mistaking them for militants, an Afghan military official said.

A Nato air strike mistakenly killed five of its Afghan army allies while they were on patrol in the country’s east, officials said today.

Firing General Stanley McChrystal would disrupt progress in the Afghan war and could jeopardise a pivotal security operation under way in Taliban strongholds, leaders in the country said today.

The Afghan government has agreed on a transition plan to take over responsibility for the US-run prison at Bagram air base, where there have been allegations of human rights abuses.

THE Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for bombings that killed 14 people, including eight Americans and an Afghan in a suicide attack in the volatile east, and five Canadians in the south. CIA employees were believed to be among the victims.

A Nato airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen, Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry said today.

Today’s suicide car bomb explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul killed four civilians and wounded 91 Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry spokesman said.

A new Taliban code of military conduct that tells fighters to limit suicide attacks and avoid killing civilians is a sham that doesn’t reflect the true nature of the insurgents, Nato and Afghan officials said.

Taliban militants stopped a bus travelling on Afghanistan’s main road through a wild and dangerous part of the country’s south, seized about 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30 of them, officials said today.

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan today, killing 24 people, while a two-day battle sparked by an insurgent attack killed at least 40 militants, officials said.

Afghan military officials say an operation has been launched to root out any Taliban who have reportedly infiltrated villages outside of southern Afghanistan’s largest city.

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president today, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.

Taliban militants opened fire at a ceremony marking the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, forcing dignitaries including Afghanistan’s president to take cover.

AFGHAN troops fought their way into the centre of southern Taliban stronghold Musa Qala yesterday but encountered only light resistance as the rebels melted away, officials and the militants said.

Afghan and international forces have retaken a southern Afghan town held by Taliban militants since February, the Kabul defence ministry said today.

A Nato and Afghan operation to retake a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan has killed at least 12 Taliban fighters and two children, the Afghan Defence Ministry said today.

A soldier was killed in Afghanistan when an explosion struck a patrol of Nato-led troops, the alliance said in a statement.

A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan army uniform set off a huge explosion early today while trying to board a military bus in Kabul, killing 30 people and wounding 30, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Afghanistan’s president abruptly cut short a speech today as police fired shots into the air in an attempt to restrain a crowd trying to enter, officials said.

A suicide attacker detonated his vehicle close to the airport in the Afghanistan capital Kabul today, killing at least one solider and wounding two others, officials and witnesses said.

Afghan security forces supported by Nato-led troops will soon launch an operation to recapture a southern town that was overrun by Taliban militants, an official said today.

Nato today said as many as 150 insurgents were killed in a battle in eastern Afghanistan after two large groups of fighters crossed the border from Pakistan.

Afghan and coalition forces killed about 82 militants in multiple assaults across southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.