17/10/2011 18:05
In Afghanistan 8 soldiers killed by Taliban
A suicide bomber targeted a provincial head of Afghanistan's intelligence agency on Monday, wounding the spy and killing a child in the increasingly volatile north of the country, the AFP writes.
The bomber detonated next to a car carrying the National Directorate of Security (NDS) official at 8:20 am (0350 GMT) in Maymanah in Faryab province, Lal Mohammad, police spokesman for the northern region, told AFP.
Meanwhile, in the west, five Afghan soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban ambush on Saturday, said defence ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi.
He said another soldier was missing after the attack in the Bakwa district of Farah province.
International troops have started to withdraw from Afghanistan ahead of a 2014 deadline for foreign combat soldiers to leave, although coalition forces will remain to train up Afghan national security forces.