Afghanistan

Police in Helmand province said that officers had been accidentally hit in a 'friendly fire' incident.

An Afghan soldier was killed after a colleague opened fire at a base in northern Afghanistan.

At least six people have been killed after three explosions at a funeral in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the interior ministry said.

Police used water cannons and tear gas to block protesters from reaching the presidential palace and there were regular bursts of gunfire.

A bomb hidden in a sewage tanker has killed at least 90 people and wounded 460 after being detonated near foreign embassies in Kabul.

Theresa May hosted the Nato Secretary General amid speculation that she may commit to sending more British soldiers to Afghanistan.

Abdul Hasib, who is thought to be behind some high profile attacks in the region, was killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces.

Hilda Clayton, 22, took the photo as a mortar bomb exploded, killing her and several others during a training exercise.

A suicide car bomber has killed at least eight civilians and injured dozens more in an attack near the US Embassy in the Afghan capital.