A man blew himself up with a grenade outside a peacekeepers’ base in Kabul, the Afghan capital, today injuring several people.

Two US soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were in a stable condition today after being injured in the first-ever grenade attack on American forces in Kabul.

Police opened fire on university students protesting against poor living conditions at a campus dormitory in Kabul, killing one and wounding five others, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister said today.

Afghans gathered on a football pitch today and watched soldiers burn a pyre topped with more than half a ton of poppies today - a public display of the government’s commitment to purge the country of drugs.

Afghan vice president Abdul Qadir was assassinated today, the interior minister said.