A suicide bomber detonated explosives next to Afghan soldiers in an eastern market today, killing one soldier and wounding three, an official said.

President Hamid Karzai condemned a US airstrike that Afghan officials claimed killed 10 border policemen today.

Hundreds of rebels in a convoy of trucks attacked a police headquarters in south-east Afghanistan today, triggering a gun battle that killed 22 people, officials said. It was one of the largest shows of anti-government force in over a year.

Twenty-six people are feared dead in landslides in India.