A suspected suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar has killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens of others today during the funeral of a cleric who spoke out against the Taliban.

A roadside explosion rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today, killing a reported five people and wounding at least 25, some seriously, as US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice made her first visit to the country, police said.

A bicycle bomb killed at least 10 people, most of them children, in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today, underlining the violence and insecurity still plaguing Afghanistan two years after the fall of the Taliban.

A powerful bomb exploded in a street in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today, killing at least 10 people and shattering cars and windows in the area.

While the United States hunts for the real Osama bin Laden, rubber-masked copies of the Western world’s most-hated terrorist are popping up at Halloween celebrations from Northern Ireland to Mexico.