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Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan government compound in the eastern town of Ghazni killing at least 10 people, officials say.

Eight security personnel and two civilians were among the dead, police say, with all 19 attackers also killed.

Gunmen detonated two truck bombs as they blasted their way in to attack police and intelligence offices.

More than 160 people were injured and buildings, including the town’s museum, were badly damaged.

The BBC’s Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says Taliban insurgents are in control or active in many parts of Ghazni province, which acts as a gateway from the south and south-east to the capital, Kabul.

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Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group to “raise the flag of jihad” across South Asia.

In the 55-minute video posted online, Zawahiri pledged renewed loyalty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

Correspondents say his stated allegiance is an apparent snub to Islamic State (IS) militants.

IS is challenging al-Qaeda to lead worldwide Islamist militancy.

Announcing the formation of “al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent” using a mixture of his native Arabic and Urdu widely spoken in Pakistan, Zawahiri appeared eager to regain some of the limelight, correspondents say.

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The Nato military alliance, at its summit in Wales, has said it “stands with Ukraine” in the face of Russia’s “destabilising” influence.

Nato also called on Russia “to pull back its troops” from Ukraine and end the “illegal” annexation of Crimea.

UK government officials say fresh EU and US sanctions will be announced against Russia on Friday.

Separately, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and rebel leaders said a ceasefire could be agreed on Friday.

Some 2,600 people have died in fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels. Ukraine’s military says 837 its soldiers have died since the conflict erupted in April.

In a statement delivered by Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance also called on Russia “to step back from confrontation and take the path to peace”.

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David Cameron says he will not rule out air strikes against Islamic State (IS), which is holding a British hostage.

Asked if strikes could be launched without Syrian backing, he said President Assad’s government was “illegitimate” given his “war crimes”.

The prime minister told the BBC action must not be “Western intervention over the heads of neighbouring states”.

The BBC understands Tory MPs are being canvassed for their views on military action against IS by party whips.

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The British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos has died after a suspected heart attack in an airport in Nigeria.

Peter Carter, who was 57, had just arrived in Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport from Houston, Texas, when he collapsed.

The British High Commission in Lagos said he had made an “exceptional contribution” to UK-Nigeria relations.

Mr Carter had served in India, Italy and Israel and was the British Ambassador to Estonia from 2007-12.

In 2000, Mr Carter had also helped to set up diplomatic relations between the UK and North Korea for the first time.

A statement from the British High Commission said: “Peter made an exceptional contribution to the UK’s relationship with Nigeria.

“He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.”

Doctors treated him at the airport but were unable to save him.