Afghan parliament meets in Kabul

Roads around the parliament building in western Kabul, refurbished with foreign aid after being damaged in the civil war, were blocked by Afghan troops and Nato-led peacekeepers. Snipers were in position on rooftops nearby.

The security threat was underlined on Friday when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb between two Nato vehicles near the parliament, killing himself and wounding two passers-by.

Taliban spokesmen have vowed more attacks to disrupt "a symbol of American occupation" and warned Afghans to stay away as "agents of foreign infidels" were legitimate targets.

Taliban guerrillas killed three police officers early on Monday at a frontier post in the eastern province of Kunar bordering Pakistan, provincial governor Asadullah Wafa said.