KARACHI: At least seven people were killed in incidents of targeted killing in various areas of Karachi late on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has told delegates at an international conference in Kabul that he wants Afghan forces to take over security across the country in four years.

Taliban fighters have freed 14 inmates from a jail in western Afghanistan after staging a daring prison break, police have said.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack near the heavily fortified US-run Bagram Airbse, saying the incident killed 12 American troops.

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s army said it has killed more than 300 fighters from Darfur’s rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in recent clashes in which 75 of its own soldiers also died, state media reported on Saturday.

Two American soldiers and four British troops have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan over the past 48 hours, amid a surge in violence in the country.

ZAHEDAN: Two suicide bombers have killed at least 22 people at a mosque in south-eastern Iran, officials say.

KABUL (Agencies) Eight American troops died in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including a car bombing and gunfight outside a police compound in Kandahar, officials said Wednesday as the Taliban push back against a coalition effort to secure the volatile region.

MOGADISHU: At least 16 people were killed in fighting between rival factions in Mogadishu as chaos engulfed the Somali capital and spurred the war-torn country’s neighbours into action, officials said Tuesday.

Pakistan’s prime minister has said his government will organise a national conference on ways to combat terrorism.