KABUL, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Five national intelligence agency personnel have been killed following an armed attack in eastern Afghan province of Parwan, a local news agency, Pajhwok Afghan News, reported on Thursday.
The victims were serving in neighboring Kapisa province but they were travelling in a vehicle to their homes in Parwan before coming under attack by gunmen in Bagram district of the province, according to the report.
One of the victims named Gulab Din was a senior provincial intelligence official in Kapisa, the report added.
The attackers fled the scene after the shooting and Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for the incident.
Bagram Airfield, a main U.S. and NATO forces' military base in , is also located in Bagram district.
The Taliban insurgents launch attacks against security forces in the district, 50 km north of Kabul, from time to time.
