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| Attacks 'kill 17' in Afghanistan | Attacks 'kill 17' in Afghanistan |
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| Reports from Afghanistan say at least 17 people, including three insurgents, have been killed in a day of violence which included two suicide attacks. | Reports from Afghanistan say at least 17 people, including three insurgents, have been killed in a day of violence which included two suicide attacks. |
| Five of the dead were police who were killed in the south-east. | Five of the dead were police who were killed in the south-east. |
| Correspondents say the Taleban and their allies are increasingly resorting to roadside bombings and ambushes. | Correspondents say the Taleban and their allies are increasingly resorting to roadside bombings and ambushes. |
| Meanwhile, seven people - two Germans and five Afghans - have been kidnapped in the central province of Wardak, local officials say. | |
| The governor of neighbouring Ghazni province, Mirajuddin Pathan, told the BBC that the group were thought to have been taken to the border area between the two provinces. | The governor of neighbouring Ghazni province, Mirajuddin Pathan, told the BBC that the group were thought to have been taken to the border area between the two provinces. |
| Earlier reports said they worked for the UN, but officials in New York say they have no knowledge. | |
| Shots fired | Shots fired |
| The police chief of the south-eastern province of Zabul told the BBC that the Taleban attacked a convoy of his men on the main highway which links Kabul with the south and west of the country. | The police chief of the south-eastern province of Zabul told the BBC that the Taleban attacked a convoy of his men on the main highway which links Kabul with the south and west of the country. |
| Britain says other countries should supply more troops | Britain says other countries should supply more troops |
| He said five policemen had been killed and six injured. | He said five policemen had been killed and six injured. |
| Further west on the same road in Helmand province an army officer said three of his colleagues were killed by a remotely controlled device. | Further west on the same road in Helmand province an army officer said three of his colleagues were killed by a remotely controlled device. |
| There have also been incidents in three adjoining provinces in the east near the Pakistani border. | There have also been incidents in three adjoining provinces in the east near the Pakistani border. |
| Two suicide attackers jointly attacked a police compound in Khost. | Two suicide attackers jointly attacked a police compound in Khost. |
| Two police were killed when one of the attackers blew himself up and the other fired shots before being shot dead by police. | Two police were killed when one of the attackers blew himself up and the other fired shots before being shot dead by police. |
| In Paktia province police said a Filipino road engineer and an Afghan guard were killed in ambushes. | In Paktia province police said a Filipino road engineer and an Afghan guard were killed in ambushes. |
| In Loghar, near Kabul, an office which gives security advice said a staff member and driver working for a non-governmental organisation were both killed in their car by men waiting on a motorcycle. | In Loghar, near Kabul, an office which gives security advice said a staff member and driver working for a non-governmental organisation were both killed in their car by men waiting on a motorcycle. |
| In the capital a suicide bomber struck near a Turkish military convoy but killed only himself while wounding a passer-by. | In the capital a suicide bomber struck near a Turkish military convoy but killed only himself while wounding a passer-by. |
| The violence came as a committee of British MPs urged Nato to increase its troop presence on the ground in Afghanistan. | The violence came as a committee of British MPs urged Nato to increase its troop presence on the ground in Afghanistan. |