KABUL: At least 40 insurgents were killed in a coalition air and ground strike targeting "terrorists" in remote southeastern Afghanistan, the US-led force said late on Thursday. The strike in Paktika province — which began on Wednesday and ended on Thursday — was part of Operation Mountain Thrust, it said in a statement.A bomb hidden in a bus heading to a coalition base in Kandahar city exploded during morning rush hour, killing seven people and injuring 17, the Interior Ministry said. Coalition spokesman Maj Quentin Innis blamed the attack on Taliban militants. Among the dead were interpreters and workers for the airbase, Afghan officials said.
A man opened fire on Thursday on Nepali guards working for a US security firm in central Kabul, killing one of them before he was shot dead himself, Afghanistan's police chief said.
A mine exploded in southwestern Nimroz province along the main highway from Kandahar to Iran, killing two Turkish construction workers, said provincial spokesman Wahid Kharzad.
Three policemen were killed when they came under fire by Taliban forces late on Wednesday night in southern Zabul province, according to provincial police chief Noor Mohammed.
