Kabul, Sept 23 : More than 140 Afghan labourers abducted in western Afghanistan over the weekend might be freed, said a Provincial official today.

According to The Mirror, the Taliban insurgents have promised to free the labourers after their investigation has been completed.

Deputy Provincial Governor, Mohammad Younus Rasooli said, “Three labourers have been released so far and the rest will be freed by the end of the day."

"The Taliban say they will release all of them when their investigation is complete," Rasooli added.

The labourers, working for a construction firm in Bala Boluk district in Farah province, were kidnapped by insurgents on Sunday while they were travelling in three buses.

Kabul - A district governor and a police chief were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday.

The governor for Registan district in the southern province of Kandahar, Amir Mohammad, and district police chief Assadullah Khan were killed Monday night, Matiullah Khan, provincial police chief of Kandahar, said.

He said four bodyguards were wounded in the attack that took place near Spin Boldak, another district in the province.

Kabul - The Afghan defence ministry and NATO accused Taliban militants of failing to observe UN-backed Peace Day as two government soldiers were killed and a district governor wounded in rebel attacks, officials said Monday.

The army, NATO commanders and Taliban leaders pledged Saturday to refrain from offensive operations and remain in self-defence positions to respect the September 
21 international peace day.

Kabul- A coalition soldier and two Afghan nationals were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, while 25 Taliban insurgents were killed in separate clashes with Afghan and foreign forces elsewhere in the country, officials said on Saturday.

The coalition soldier and two local nationals were killed on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, US military said in a statement.

The statement did not disclose the nationality of the dead soldier. Most of the soldiers serving under command of the coalition are from the Untied States.

Kabul- NATO-led forces "reluctantly" shot dead an Afghan civilian in southern Afghanistan after the man approached an alliance foot patrol on Saturday, the military said.

The incident began when a civilian approached a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in Sangin district of southern Helmand province and failed to stop despite verbal warnings by the forces, ISAF said in a statement.

Kabul- Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on Afghan and international forces and Taliban militants to halt clashes over the weekend to respect the United Nations-backed Peace Day.

Karzai's order was aired by Afghan TVs and radio in which he asked Afghan forces to avoid using weapons unless attacked by the Taliban militants, who have waged a bloody insurgency in the country since their ouster in late 2001.