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| Blast kills top Afghan official | |
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| Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence has been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Laghman province, the provincial governor says. | |
| Abdullah Laghmani and at least 21 other people were killed in the attack in the town of Mehtar Lam. | |
| A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, told AP news agency a suicide bomber had targeted Mr Laghmani. | |
| The attack came after the UN released a report saying opium cultivation had dropped significantly in Afghanistan. | The attack came after the UN released a report saying opium cultivation had dropped significantly in Afghanistan. |
| The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said poppy cultivation had dropped by 22% in a year and opium production by 10%. | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said poppy cultivation had dropped by 22% in a year and opium production by 10%. |
| 'Covered in blood' | |
| Reports say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowd of officials - including Mr Laghmani - who had gathered outside the mosque in Mehtar Lam for a ceremony. | |
| The provincial governor, Lutfullah Mashal, said in a news conference that at least 22 people had been killed, and another 35 hurt. | |
| He said three senior officials in the local government had been killed, as well as Mr Laghmani - whose car was completely destroyed in the attack. | |
| A Taliban spokesman told the BBC it claimed responsibility for the attack. | |
| Reuters news agency quoted an eyewitness who saw a pick-up truck carrying wounded people covered in blood. | Reuters news agency quoted an eyewitness who saw a pick-up truck carrying wounded people covered in blood. |
| Taliban success | |
| Eight ambulances left the scene, headed toward Jalalabad, the nearest big city, the witness said. | Eight ambulances left the scene, headed toward Jalalabad, the nearest big city, the witness said. |
| This successful strike against a senior figure in the state apparatus is a serious blow against the government in its fight against the insurgency, says the BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Kabul. | |
| The attack underlines the Taliban's ability to carry out complex and targeted attacks. | |
| It is the latest in a string of deadly attacks mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan, occurring in the weeks before and since the country's 20 August presidential and provincial elections. | It is the latest in a string of deadly attacks mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan, occurring in the weeks before and since the country's 20 August presidential and provincial elections. |
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