Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief

By Amir Shah

Published December 6, 2012 4:31pm ET

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Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief — Afghan traffic policemen stand near the scene where Afghanistan's Intelligence Chief Asadullah Khalid was wounded in an assassination attempt on him in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Afghanistan's intelligence chief was wounded Thursday in an assassination attempt in the capital, Kabul, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid) | Ahmad Jamshid

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan’s newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously wounding him, officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Asadullah Khalid — the fifth such assassination attempt on his life in as many years, the officials added.

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