Local Intelligence Chief Killed In Afghanistan

(RFE/RL) June 13, 2006 -- Police say suspected Taliban militants have killed a district intelligence chief in the southern Afghan province of Ghazni.

Zulmai Khan was ambushed and shot dead late on June 12.


Meanwhile, an Interior Ministry spokesman said a suspected Taliban militant was arrested in southern Paktiya Province today while he was planting a remote-controlled bomb.


(AP, AFP)

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