Taliban shot dead Afghan intelligence official

Afghanistan, An intelligence official was gunned down by Taliban militants Monday in northern Afghanistan, the second such attack in less than a week. "Ghulam Hussain, chief of the National Directorate of Security department for Chardara district, heading towards his office this morning, was shot dead in a Taliban ambush," said a police official for Kunduz province, reported DPA. On Wednesday, Amanullah Aman, head of the Election Commission for Kunduz province was killed in a similar attack. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. In a separate incident, the NATO-led international coalition said two of its soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on Sunday in the eastern part of the country.