At least eight people were killed today in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including one incident where a suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up at a local intelligence office, officials said.

US-led coalition forces and Afghan troops clashed with militants in two separate battles in southern Afghanistan, killing more than 60 suspected Taliban, officials said today.

Five suspected insurgents were killed when US-led forces and Afghan police shot at a convoy of vehicles speeding towards their checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, the US military said today.

Suspected Taliban rebels executed two pro-election tribal elders and laid a deadly ambush for an Afghan military commander, officials said today.