Roadside bomb kills Afghan intelligence officials

Kabul, Apr 23: A roadside bomb killed five Afghan intelligence officials today, the government said, the latest in a wave of blasts blamed on resurgent Taliban guerrillas.

The officials were travelling in a car in the eastern province of Nuristan when a remote-controlled bomb went off, an official in the province said.

At least 11 people, including four security agents, were killed in three separate blasts yesterday.

Also yesterday, Taliban insurgents abducted and beheaded an intelligence official in Ghazni province, southwest of the capital, Kabul, a government official said.

Ousted from power in 2001, the Taliban have threatened to step up their campaign against foreign forces and the Western-backed government this year.

Taliban commanders have said thousands of suicide bombers are waiting for orders to strike across the country.

The government and foreign forces say the Taliban are increasingly resorting to suicide and remote-controlled bomb attacks out of desperation.

REUTERS

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