Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has opened a new terminal at Kabul International Airport. The US$35m (£22m) two-story structure was gifted by Japan as the old terminal building had become badly damaged by decades of war.

A suicide car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in central Kabul, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores of others.

A bomb planted on a road in Kabul has blown up a civilian vehicle, killing its four Afghan passengers. The bomb was remotely detonated and exploded as the vehicle passed in the south-eastern outskirts of the city, city police chief General Zalmai Uriakhail said.

Witnesses say a suicide bomber has attacked a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital, but police had no immediate reports of any casualties.

Officials say a suicide bomber killed at least 11 people and wounded seven others in Kabul today. The bomber blew himself up on a bus carrying police to work.

A powerful explosion has destroyed a crowded army bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 27 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. Police at the scene initially said it was a suicide bomb attack, but one official said it could have been caused by a large land mine.

Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has struck a convoy of French troops in Kabul, killing at least one French soldier and wounding several Afghan civilians.

The Afghan government says security forces have been deployed in Ghazni Province for an operation against Taliban militants, but authorities deny reports that the operation has begun and say there are no plans for operations aimed at freeing 21 South Korean hostages held by militants there.

Afghan officials say a suicide car bomber blew himself up near a convoy of foreign troops on the outskirts of Kabul, Tuesday, wounding at least three civilians and three foreign troops.

The UN Security Council has urged all forces in Afghanistan to do everything they can to avoid civilian deaths. The 15-member council also condemned Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgents for killing innocent Afghans in suicide bombings and using civilians as "human shields" during battles.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an unannounced visit Friday to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops.

A Taliban spokesman says militants are changing their tactics in Afghanistan and will increasingly carry out attacks in Kabul.