AlQa'dah 27, 1433, Oct 13, 2012, SPA -- At least eight people were killed Saturday in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including one incident where a suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up at a local intelligence office, officials said. According to AP, six people - four Afghan intelligence officers, a coalition service member and a civilian employee working for the coalition - died in the suicide attack in the Maruf district of Kandahar province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, with spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi saying in a text message to reporters that the group was targeting international forces operating in Afghanistan. Kandahar provincial spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said the blast occurred in the morning at an entry point to the intelligence office. He said three other Afghan intelligence officers were wounded, including two who were in critical condition.
