Kabul  - Seven Afghan policemen and 24 Taliban were killed in series of clashes in Afghanistan, while French soldiers moved into the volatile southern region, officials said Thursday.

Seven police officers were killed when Taliban attacked their post in Safian village in Lashkargah, the capital of the southern province Helmand, on Wednesday night, Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor said.

Ahmadi said that they suspected a policeman, who went missing after the attack, to have had connections with Taliban militants as the officers died without showing any signs of resistance.

Kabul - A US-led coalition soldier and several Taliban militants were killed in a series of clashes and an explosion in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.

The soldier died of wounds he sustained during a roadside blast in the western region on Monday, the US military said in a statement.

The nationality of the deceased soldier was not disclosed in the statement. Most of the soldiers under the coalition banner are from the US.

The Afghan Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday, its forces killed four "enemies" in Delaram district of Farah province in the west of the country.

The statement did not give more details on how and when the militants were killed.

Kabul - Three civilians, a police chief, three other Afghan police officers and more than 17 Taliban militants were killed in three clashes in southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

The civilians were killed when the Taliban attacked a vehicle belonging to intelligence officials Sunday evening in Gardiz, the capital of the south-eastern province of Paktika, said Esmatullah Alizai, provincial police chief.

The agents escaped the attack unhurt but the three civilians were killed in the cross-fire, Alizai said

Kabul, Aug. 4 : Afghanistan of late has turned into a deadlier battlefield than Iraq with the Taliban demonstrating a new level of resilience and ferocity six years after being driven from power.

According to the New York Times, the resurgence of the Taliban is ringing alarm bells in Kabul, Washington and many NATO capitals, prompting a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag insurgency has managed to keep the world’s most powerful armies at bay.

The paper claims in its report that the objectives of the war against the Taliban have become increasingly uncertain.

Kabul - Three civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a suicide attack in western Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.

The attack took place in Zaranj city, the capital of western Nimroz province on Friday night, when a bomber, who was under police pursuit, detonated explosives he had strapped around his body, said Ahmad Khan, a senior provincial police official.

Kabul - Five people, including three Taliban, a police officer and a civilian, were killed in a clash in southern Afghanistan, while Afghan security forces arrested 13 suspected Taliban in the eastern region, officials said on Friday.

A group of Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Nad Ali district of the volatile Helmand province on Thursday night, Mohammad Hussain Andewal, the provincial police chief, said.