An Afghan human rights group said today that at least 88 people, including 20 women, were killed in a joint Afghan-US coalition military operation in western Afghanistan.

US-led troops attacked a compound where Taliban leaders were meeting in western Afghanistan, killing 30 militants, American and Afghan military officials said today.

A CHECKOUT operator loves her job so much she commutes nearly 3,500 miles to work from Marbella and back at a loss, it has emerged.

They may not be quite ready to throw their burqas aside, but many women in Kabul heaved a sigh of relief today at the appointment of two women to the interim government for their war-ruined nation.