Five killed in Afghan attacks

A US soldier and four Afghan police officers were killed in separate rebel attacks, while at least two Afghan civilians were injured by gunfire following the bombing of an American patrol in the east of the country, American and Afghan officials said today.

The soldier was shot when his unit was ambushed in Deh Rahwood, 280 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul. He was evacuated to a nearby base but pronounced dead by doctors.