The United States has killed between 100 and 200 civilians in a bomb attack on a small village in eastern Afghanistan, according to eyewitnesses fleeing the scene.

The Taliban today claimed to have had positive talks with Northern Alliance leaders in negotiating the surrender of their troops in the besieged city of Kunduz.

The United States and its allies were today moving to seal off potential escape routes - even at sea - for terror chief Osama bin Laden.