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Blast wound 2 including intelligence chief in W. Afghanistan

Xinhua, January 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two persons including the chief of intelligence agency of Shindand district in the western Herat province were injured as a roadside bomb struck their car on Sunday, police said. "A mine planted by militants struck the car of intelligence chief of Shindand district at noon, injuring him along with another," police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told Xinhua.

Investigation has been initiated in the case to identify and bring to justice those behind the crime, he added.

Taliban militants who are largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings have yet to claim any responsibility. Endi