A man in Afghanistan was publicly whipped by a judge as punishment for drinking alcohol.

The lashing was carried out inside a courtroom in Jalalabad last week, the BBC reports.

The Afghan Human Righ

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday Nato air strikes on common people's homes in pursuit of the Taliban would no longer be allowed in the country.

A man in Afghan army uniform shot and killed a soldier from the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the military said, giving no further details in line with policy.

"An individual wear

Seven soldiers killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday were Americans, the Pentagon confirmed, adding that they died after successive blasts struck them at the same location.

Pentagon

Eight Nato service members were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, including seven in a roadside bomb blast in the south, the international military coalition said.

A French fighter jet crashed in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, although the crew escaped without injury and enemy fire was not to blame, a French army spokesman said.

"A Mirage 2000-D crashed 100 ki

Afghanistan's intelligence services said on Monday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had "disappeared from his hideout" in Pakistan, but could not confirm that he had been killed despite an earlier claim.

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan, Xinhua cited a private television channel as stating on Monday.

"Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan,

Afghanistan's intelligence services said on Monday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had 'disappeared from his hideout' in Quetta, Pakistan, up to five days ago but could not confirm his death.

"We can

Six medical students were killed and 23 others wounded in a Taliban suicide attack at Afghanistan's main military hospital in Kabul on Saturday, the defence ministry said.