Bomb planted at clinic kills public health official in northern Afghanistan, wounds 2

Health official killed in northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — The head of the public health department in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan has been killed by a bomb planted in his private clinic.

A spokesman for the governor of Kunduz province said Tuesday that Dr. Azizullah Safari was walking up to his second-floor clinic when a bomb exploded under the stairwell.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior says a woman and a child who were waiting for the doctor at his clinic were wounded in the attack.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO and Afghan forces captured a senior Taliban figure in an overnight raid, the international force said Tuesday in a statement.

The man had recently been appointed the Taliban’s finance chief in northern Baghlan province, NATO said. He was captured in southern Helmand province along with two other suspected insurgents after a tip-off that he was staying in a compound in Nah-e Saraj district.

Meanwhile, NATO said one of its service members died Monday following an insurgent attack in the south. The international military coalition did not provide the nationality of the deceased or any other details. However, a U.S. military spokesman said it was not an American service member.

The death brings to at least 65 the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan this month. Ten of them died Monday, including three Australians and an American killed in a helicopter crash in Kandahar province.