A coordinated attack Friday on a British compound in Kabul involving two suicide bombers and a five-hour long firefight between Afghan security troops and attackers who penetrated the complex killed at least 10 people, Afghan officials said.

Libyan opposition forces have pushed further to isolate Tripoli, moving toward a western town that links the capital and Sirte — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown and a stronghold for his military.

Libyan revolutionary forces have entered the coastal city of Zawiyah, which is located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Tripoli, according to the latest reports.

Afghan Taliban say they have killed four US soldiers and injured four others in two separate bomb attacks in eastern Afghanistan.

A NATO helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan during a battle with the Taliban, killing at least 31 US and seven Afghan soldiers, a statement from the Afghan president’s office said.

A suicide bomber has struck police headquarters in the capital of Helmand province, killing 10 Afghan policemen and a child in a city where Afghans have recently taken control of security.

The mayor of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar city has been killed in a suicide bombing, officials have said.Mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi was killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a corridor near Hamidi’s office, Zalmay Ayoubi, the spokesperson for the Kandahar provincial governor, said on Wednesday.

A general strike has paralyzed Indian-administered Kashmir, in a second day of protests against the sexual assault of a woman by army personnel.

Working fervently to curb religious expression, Tajikistan’s secular government is working hard to stifle increasing images of people following the Islamic teachings that are apparent in the growing number of bearded men, hijab and religious audio recordings.

A senior aide to the Afghan president and a member of the Afghan parliament have been killed in Kabul, the country’s capital, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.