At least 15 US-led troops have been killed in Afghanistan in two days amid a surge in Taliban attacks against the foreign forces in the war-torn country.

At least nine Nato soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, military officials have said.

Six people have been killed in a deadly bomb attack in southern Afghanistan as the United Nations voices concern over the deteriorating situation in the country.

MIR ALI: A suspected US missile strike killed 13 people Saturday in a Pakistani tribal region where several militant outfits are bent on attacking Western troops across the Afghan border, officials said.

Two US troops and a British soldier have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, amid a surge in Taliban attacks against the US-led forces in the war-ravaged country.

Five US soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder over the killings of three Afghan civilians in the province of Kandahar earlier this year, the US army has said.

KABUL: Five Nato troops including one American died Tuesday, continuing a grim trend that could make June among the deadliest months of the nearly 9-year-old Afghan war.

Landslides in southeastern Bangladesh have killed at least 49 people, with many victims being buried alive as they slept overnight.

Afghanistan has nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, according to a US study. A report in the New York Times said previously unknown reserves of lithium, iron, gold, niobium, cobalt and other minerals could transform the impoverished country into one of the world’s most lucrative mining centres.

The death toll from ethnic fighting in Kyrgyzstan jumped dramatically today when an Uzbek community leader said that at least 200 people had been killed.