Three German soldiers were among nine people killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern Afghanistan. At least 14 people were injured in the blast which happened when the troops were conducting a foot patrol in Kunduz city, in the province of the same name.

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has agreed to slow down a drive to expel illegal Afghan residents after its speed prompted Kabul to sack two Afghan cabinet ministers, Iranian state media reported on Monday. Iranian deputy foreign minister Mahdi Safari, visiting Afghanistan, said President Mahmud Ahmadinejad “has agreed to repatriate Afghans …

Hosni Mubarak arrived on Tuesday in Tripoli for talks on the situation in Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur, an AFP correspondent reported.