The head of an Afghan government commission investigating a US military airstrike in Nuristan province this week said it killed 47 civilians travelling to a wedding.

THE US military freed about 80 Afghan prisoners yesterday, as the country’s most senior judge said the government was negotiating the release of hundreds more from US custody.

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.

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.

The newly appointed Chief Justice of Afghanistan has said he would give the death sentence to Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar if they were brought before his court.