Kabul - At least one civilian and two Afghan police were killed, while two others were injured in a suicide attack in Dand district of Kandahar province, officials said Monday.

The suicide bomber in police uniform was trying to enter into the Dand district headquarters when guards at the main gate stopped him, and he detonated the explosives, said Zulmai Ayubi, spokesman for the provincial government.

"There are no any casualties of the district officials reported but the explosion damaged the main entrance of the building," he added.

Islamabad - Pakistan on Monday re-opened a critical supply route for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan that was closed after last week's Taliban attack on a convoy, officials said.

"The passage has been opened after reviewing the security arrangements," said Amirzada Khan, a government official in Kgyber tribal district.

Some 25 container trucks and oil tankers bound for US and NATO forces resumed their journey Monday morning, escorted by dozens of paramilitary troops and tribal policemen in eight security vehicles.

"These troops have the orders to shoot on sight anyone who attacks the convoy," Khan added.

Kabul, Nov 17 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would go to “any extent” to protect the fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in exchange for peace in the country.

Karzai said he would offer the protection even if it meant defying Afghanistan’s international partners, who could remove him from his job or leave the country in disagreement.

Kabul - A soldier was killed by an explosive device in Afghanistan Saturday while at least four other international troops were injured in two separate attacks on Sunday, military sources reported.

Additionally, an operation by US-lead coalition forces killed 30 Taliban insurgents Saturday night in the latest violence in Afghanistan.

Lahore, Nov 16 : Political authorities reportedly suspended supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan via Torkham Border on Saturday, due to security concerns on the Pak-Afghan Highway.

According to a private TV channel report, hundreds of trucks and containers had been stopped in Peshawar after the suspension of the supply.

The supplies had been suspended following incidents of looting of trucks and containers carrying oil and other supplies for the NATO forces battling Taliban in Afghanistan, the Daily Times quoted Khyber Agency Political Agent Tariq Hayat as saying. 

London, Nov 16 : The British Defence Ministry is reportedly facing fresh calls to provide more helicopters in Afghanistan as it investigates how two marine commandos died last week while patrolling in one of the British Army''s best known road vehicles.

The deaths of Neil Dunstan and Robert McKibben, both aged 32, in a bomb blast on Wednesday afternoon brought the numbers of British personnel who have died during the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to 300. In total, 124 service personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001, while 176 have died in Iraq.