US-led forces in Afghanistan have killed at least three civilians as their new commander General David Petraeus makes his debut in Kabul.

At least five people have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters on the office of a US aid contractor in northern Afghanistan.

At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after suicide attacks struck a busy shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

A Sudanese opposition leader arrested after criticising the country’s election earlier this year has been released from jail in the capital Khartoum.Hassan al-Turabi was arrested in May in the capital Khartoum, a month after national elections which returned president Omar al-Bashir to power.

The Taliban have attacked a Nato base in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan to “send a message to David Petraeus,” the general expected to take command of the US mission in the country.

LAHORE: Hearing a petition regarding US drone attacks inside Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Lahore High Court said if the attacks were being carried out without government authorisation then the federal government should immediately take measures to stop them.

KABUL: The death toll for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan neared the grim milestone of 100 for June alone on Monday as the CIA chief warned the anti-Taliban war would be tougher and longer than expected.

SRINAGAR: A separatist protester in Indian-administered Kashmir was killed and several others wounded Monday when security forces opened fire to disperse a violent demonstration, police said.

An Afghan police official said on Monday that eight civilians were killed in a NATO raid in the southern province of Kandahar, but the alliance claimed the victims were Taliban fighters.

KABUL (AFP) – The death toll among foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan closed in on the grim toll of 100 for June alone as the CIA chief warned that the war will be tougher and longer than expected.