KHOST, Nov 27: An Afghan intelligence official was killed and several government buildings were damaged in a rocket attack by suspected Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

A barrage of some 20 rockets landed late Saturday in Sharana, the capital of the insurgency-hit province of Paktika, they said.

“One intelligence official was killed and several government buildings were damaged,” a high-ranking police official said.

He said the attack by suspected loyalists of the ousted Taliban regime was the worst in the insurgency-hit region in recent months.—AFP