A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up next to a police vehicle in Afghanistan’s volatile south today, wounding eight policemen, an official said.

Two British soldiers have been killed during a heavy firefight with Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

THE kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist was beheaded yesterday in southern Afghanistan, a purported spokesman for the Taliban said.

The kidnapped Afghan translator for an Italian journalist was beheaded on today in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Taliban claimed.