| An Afghan soldier and nine militants were killed and 11 people, including nine foreign troops, wounded in fresh violence across Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. Six Taliban rebels were killed in a gunfight with Afghan and NATO-led troops in the eastern province of Paktia, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said. Separately, a soldier with the US-led coalition and an Afghan interpreter were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the province of Khost on Monday, a spokesman with the NATO-led force told AFP. Meanwhile, AfghanistanÂ’s Supreme Court has ruled that parliamentÂ’s sacking of foreign minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta after a vote of no- confidence was unconstitutional. Spanta lost the May 12 vote, called after the Iranian government began forcing out tens of thousands of Afghans living in the country illegally, two days after a similar one cost the refugees minister his job. President Hamid Karzai referred SpantaÂ’s case to the Supreme Court, saying the voting procedure was irregular. He also questioned if a minister could be subjected to a no-confidence vote on an issue not directly related to his work. Spanta meanwhile continued his official duties. |