A person wearing an Afghan police uniform has shot dead two Nato service members inside a compound in northern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman said today.

At least four people have been killed after a suicide bomber struck in north-west Afghanistan.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the “enemies of Afghanistan” today after roadside bombs killed nine people, including five children, as insurgents fight intensified Nato-led operations in the south.

Afghans turned to the Twitterverse to share news of Taliban intimidation at the polls and voter turnout in the presidential election.

Taliban chiefs would consider holding negotiations with the Afghan government, but no direct offer has been made by President Hamid Karzai's administration, a spokesman for the militant group said today.

FORCES of a northern warlord overran the capital of a remote Afghan province yesterday, the interior minister said, in a burst of factional violence undermining the authority of US-backed President Hamid Karzai.

A powerful warlord launched an assault against a rival commander and a provincial governor in northern Afghanistan today.

As Taliban defences around Kabul crumbled under the fury of American bombs, the man responsible for it all - Osama bin Laden - was far away in the safety of this mountain fortress.