Excerpt from today's Toronto Star

Afghan security chief slain

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man is prepared for burial after a suicide attack in Mehterlam, the capital of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Email

Election costly, but worth it

Sep 03, 2009 04:30 AM
M. Karim Faiez
Laura King
LOS ANGELES TIMES

KABUL–A suicide bomber yesterday killed Afghanistan's deputy intelligence chief and at least 22 other people in the most serious strike at the country's security apparatus since presidential elections two weeks ago.