Bomb Kills 2 At Afghan Intelligence Office

English: Cropped version of a larger map to show detail around Lashkar Gah (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Police say a car bomb has killed at least two Afghan intelligence officers in the south of the country.

Helmand Province police spokesman Fareed Ahmed said the explosives had been hidden in a vehicle parked outside an office of the National Directorate of Security in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.

Ahmed said the bomb went off after noon on October 8, wounding another three intelligence officers and four civilians.

Helmand, considered a Taliban stronghold, was the site of major NATO and Afghan military operations in 2009 and 2010.

from RFE/RL
October 08, 2012

Posted in: Afghanistan, Helmand, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah, National Directorate of Security, Taliban