Kabul, September 02: At least 23 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, said Sayed Ahmad Safi, a spokesman for the governor of Laghman province, where the attack took place.
The spokesman said the 23 dead included Abdullah Laghmani, deputy head of the country’s National Directorate of Security intelligence agency, as well as the heads of the provincial council and the provincial executive body.
—Agencies