Afghan Spy Chief Wounded In Assassination Attempt (Updated)

Head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) Asadullah Khalid. Press TV

Bomber Posing As Peace Envoy Wounds Afghan Spy Chief -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace messenger wounded Afghanistan's intelligence chief in Kabul on Thursday, another sign that the government is struggling to improve security ahead of a NATO pullout in 2014.

Asadullah Khalid was wounded when the bomber struck in a meeting at a guesthouse used by the National Directorate of Security (NDS).

"The bomber was a peace messenger sent by the Taliban to the Afghan government, around 3 p.m. in a meeting with the head of NDS, detonated his explosives," said NDS spokesman Shafiqullah Tahiri.

"Right now the head of the NDS is in good condition. The surgery was a success."

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