RANDOM bomb attacks and day-to-day violence continue to ruin the lives of Iraqi citizens.

Police killed 11 suspected Taliban in two separate operations in southern Afghanistan overnight as a purported insurgent spokesman claimed today that militants killed a Turkish national kidnapped last month.

Two roadside bombs wounded four Canadian soldiers and killed another today - Nato’s fourth fatality since taking command in southern Afghanistan this week - a Canadian military spokesman said.

Taliban insurgents attacked a Danish camp in southern Afghanistan today, seriously wounding one Nato soldier, in the third assault on Denmark’s contingent since it deployed to the volatile region last week.