BRITAIN: A man who pocketed £26,000 (€36,000) in disability benefits while winning golf tournaments and playing off a handicap of six has been jailed for six months.

At least 22 people were killed when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in a marketplace in the largest city in southern Afghanistan, authorities have said.

The chief judge trying the case of an Afghan man for converting from Islam to Christianity today criticised international calls for his release, saying no one has the right to exert pressure on the court.

Forces loyal to the governor of Herat in Afghanistan claimed to have retaken control of the western city today after fierce factional fighting that killed Afghanistan’s aviation minister and left as many as 100 people dead.