Blast kills Afghan intel chief, 20 others

Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence has been killed in a suicide attack in Laghman province, east of Kabul, officials say. Abdullah Laghmani and at least 21 other people were killed in the attack on a mosque in the town of Mehtar Lam. A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, told AP news agency a suicide bomber had targeted Mr Laghmani.