Kabul - Two foreign nationals, a South African and a British, and an Afghan guard were shot dead in the centre of the capital Kabul on Saturday, police said.

Kabul - Two foreign nationals and an Afghan guard were killed when gunmen opened fire on them in the centre of the capital Kabul on Saturday, police said.

"Two foreigners and one of their Afghan guards were killed by gunmen this morning," said Alishan Ahmadzai, a Kabul police official.

Another police officer at the scene said that the dead foreigners were a woman and a man, while two guards were wounded in the attack.

Kabul- Three soldiers in the US-led coalition were killed in a roadside bombing in western Afghanistan while dozens of militants were killed in clashes between Afghan and international forces elsewhere in the country, officials said Thursday.

The three soldiers were killed and another was wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb blast Wednesday night, the US military said in a statement.

The statement did not disclose the nationalities of the victims, but most of the soldiers serving in the coalition are from the United States.

Kabul - Three soldiers of the US-led coalition were killed in a roadside bomb attack in western Afghanistan, while dozens of militants were killed in clashes between Afghan and international forces elsewhere in the country, officials said Thursday.

The three soldiers were killed and one other was wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb blast in the western region on Wednesday night, the US military said in a statement.

The statement did not disclose the nationalities of the victims. Most of the soldiers serving under coalition command are from the US.

In another incident in the southern province of Uruzgan, Afghan and coalition forces battled with a group of Taliban militants in Deh Rawood district on Tuesday.

Kabul - US-led coalition forces mistakenly bombed an Afghan national army position in eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing nine soldiers and wounding three others, officials said.

The incident took place in Sayedkhail district of the south-eastern province of Khost when a coalition convoy was returning from an operation, the US military said in a statement.

"Initial reports from troops on the ground indicate that this may be a case of mistaken identity on both sides," the statement said.

Kabul- Afghanistan's appeals court sentenced on Tuesday an Afghan journalist to 20 years in prison for blasphemy, a crime punishable by death in Islamic law.

The ruling overturned a death sentence handed earlier to Perwiz Kambakhsh by primary court in northern Afghanistan for distributing articles downloaded from the internet which questioned the rights of women under Islam.