A suicide bomber has killed six police and an Indian engineer in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial official says.

HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 16 Taliban rebels including a suspected would-be suicide bomber were killed in US-led and Afghan operations across insurgency-plagued Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

US military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police. But US officials insist things are looking up.

NAUDERO, Pakistan – Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son — a student with no political experience — was named symbolic leader of her party Sunday, while her husband took effective control, extending Pakistan’s most enduring political dynasty.

MA’SUM GHAR, Afghanistan – A Canadian soldier headed to the relatively cushy Kandahar Airfield for a little New Year’s rest and relaxation died early Sunday after his armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — The coalition field hospital at this sprawling base is taking in more and more injured children from Afghanistan’s war-ravaged South, Canadian staff say.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Two European diplomats who went to one of Afghanistan’s most volatile regions have been asked to leave the country.

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NO SIGNIFICANCE need be attached to the visit by some top world leaders to Kabul, Afghanistan, this week, they being essentially a Christmas-eve exercise to cheer up Nato troops from their respective countries.

KABUL, Afghanistan – As the choir of Army soldiers sang a spirited “Frosty the Snowman” under a light snowfall Sunday evening, Lt. Cmdr. Lynne O’Neil bobbed in time and thought of her daughter, Anna.