A member of the Afghan National Police has killed at least 10 of his fellow policemen in southwestern Afghanistan, an official said.

A LOUD explosion was heard near the US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, while a government worker was killed in an ambush.

THE United States plans to increase spending significantly in Afghanistan in a show of support for President Hamid Karzai, a US administration official said yesterday.

Pakistani authorities have captured another suspected key al Qaida figure – a man US government sources say oversees communication among the terror network’s operatives.