Salam Afghan

Afghan election candidate among eight killed in suicide attack

Officials say the suicide bomber targeted election candidate Saleh Mohammad Asikzai's campaign office in the southern city of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

US air strike kills 16 Afghan policemen

The assault by the US on its allies in Afghanistan also killed two commanders. NATO has ordered a probe into the incident which Afghan officials said happened as security forces were clearing Taliban elements from a village in Helmand province.