In Afghanistan, seven US soldiers and a candidate for the country's next month polls have been killed in a wave of weekend attacks, as police found the bodies of five campaign workers. In a statement, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said two soldiers were killed today in separate attacks. Five troops were killed in other militant violence in the south and east of the country which is hardest hit by the Taliban-led insurgency. A US military spokesman said all seven soldiers were US nationals. Officials said candidate Abdul Manan, running for a seat in the western province of Herat, for the next month's Parliamentary election was shot dead yesterday in an attack blamed on the militants. Police today also found the bodies of five members of the campaign team of female candidate Fawzya Galani, days after 10 of them were abducted by the Taliban.