A series of bombings and mortar attacks – including two suicide bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed at least 27 people and wounded another 80 today.

A series of car bombs exploded in quick succession in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20.

A series of car bombs exploded in quick succession in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 15 people and wounding nearly 20.

US and Iraqi troops battled house-to-house with insurgents today, the third day of a major offensive against al-Qaida insurgents in a town near Iraq’s border with Syrian, and the US command reported the first American death in the operation.

Fighting erupted across Afghanistan ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today, with 10 suspected rebels, six police and five medical workers killed and rockets hitting the capital Kabul, officials said.

A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 Iraqis in an attack near government buildings in Baghdad today.

A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint guarding several government ministries as Iraqi employees arrived for work this morning, killing at least seven policemen and three workers, police said.

Iraqi security forces launched a high-profile crackdown targeting terrorists in Baghdad today as insurgents hit back with suicide bombings and ambushes that killed at least 17 people.

A man with explosives hidden under his clothes set them off while standing in a line of job applicants waiting outside a police and army recruitment centre in northern Iraq today, killing 30 people and wounding 35, police said.

An assassin was intercepted in the Afghan capital Kabul when his car, loaded with explosives, was involved in a traffic accident.

President Hamid Karzai may turn to foreign experts for help if Afghan investigators cannot track down the killers of the country’s vice president and key Pashtun leader.

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai today called on international peacekeepers to help track down the killers of a vice president murdered in the heart of the capital.

President Hamid Karzai may turn to foreign experts for help if Afghan investigators cannot track down the killers of the country’s vice president and key Pashtun leader.

Wrapped in an Afghan flag, the body of slain Afghan vice president Abdul Qadir was carried today on the shoulders of his family members into the Eid Gah mosque in the capital Kabul where funeral prayers were said.

Two gunmen firing assault rifles assassinated Afghan vice president Abdul Qadir as he was being driven from a government ministry in the capital, Kabul, today.

Afghan vice president Abdul Qadir was assassinated today, the interior minister said.

Afghan factions have drafted lists of proposed representatives for a post-Taliban administration.

An Afghan refugee today compared US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair with Osama bin Laden at an anti-war demonstration.

A young Afghan refugee living in Scotland today told of her family’s experiences in the wake of the terrorist attacks against America on September 11.