Kabul  - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed vehicle near a convoy of foreign forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday afternoon, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The attack, which took place in Qala Kashif, an area in the western outskirts of Kabul, caused no casualties among the foreign military personnel, Zemarai Bashary, spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.

Kabul  - One NATO soldier, two Afghan police, five Taliban militants and a civilian were killed in a series of clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.

A roadside bomb targeting Kandahar city's mayor killed one bystander and wounded six other civilians on Sunday morning, Abdul Khaliq, a senior police official in the province, said.

The bomb in a push-barrow damaged the mayor's vehicle, but he escaped unharmed.

Kabul, Mar. 15 : Taliban leader Mullah Omar has given his approval for talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan and has allowed his representatives to attend Saudi-sponsored peace negotiations.

“Mullah Omar has given the green light to talks,” said one of the mediators, Abdullah Anas, a former friend of Osama Bin Laden who used to fight in Afghanistan but now lives in London.

The breakthrough emerged after President Barack Obama admitted that US-led forces are not winning the war in Afghanistan and called for negotiations with “moderate Taliban”.

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Kabul  - US-led coalition soldiers killed a father and four of his sons Saturday in an operation in the central province of Logar, a police commander said, but the US military called the victims "militants."

The incident took place in Dasht Charkh village of Charkh district when the coalition attacked a residential compound, said the provincial police chief, General Mustafa Muhseni.

Kabul, Mar 13 : A top Taliban commander has said his fighters are poised and ready to attack Kabul and could strike virtually anywhere in the city.

It would be tempting to put this down to Taliban propaganda, except that one of Kabul's top cops is saying the same thing.

"We are working on a security strategy for the city and if we don't get it right, they (Taliban) can attack at any minute, at any hour, any time," said Commander Muhammad Daud Amin, who in charge of securing Kabul district.

Proof of the menacing threat came just last month when eight Taliban fighters, bristling with weapons and suicide vests, burst into three government buildings in the centre of Kabul.