A series of bomb blasts and militant attacks killed 11 people across Afghanistan, including a British soldier from the North, four other Nato service members and three Afghan police.

A series of bomb blasts and militant attacks killed 11 people across Afghanistan, including five Nato service members and three Afghan police.

Roadside bombs and battles with Taliban forces killed six police and left 13 Taliban fighters dead or wounded in four separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.

Election authorities today said they have dismissed about 50 employees for suspected fraud in last month’s legislative polls, while human rights advocates warned that about half of the winning candidates are suspected to have links to armed groups.

Suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed a convoy of civilian trucks carrying vehicles to the US military in southern Afghanistan, killing three of the drivers, an Afghan official said today.