(2 Sep 2009) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Mehterlam, Laghman province
1. Wide of scene of explosion with officers and police vehicles in attendance
2. Mid of damaged car
3. Close-up of blood splatters on truck
4. Various of police and locals at the scene
AP Television
Mehterlam, Laghman province
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman province governor:
"Central mosque of Mehterlam, which is the main only big mosque in the city. He (referring to Afghanistan's National Directorate for Security, Dr. Abdullah Laghmani, who was killed in blast) went in and visited clerical (speaks in Pashto) religious scholars inside the mosque, and when he came out, while he was getting into his vehicle, a suicide attacker from this area (points) ran into his vehicle and exploded himself and the result of this explosion, Doctor Abdullah, the deputy chief of (inaudible) the national director of security was killed along with two of his bodyguards, three senior leaders of Laghman were also among the killed ones."
6. Wide of fire engine and damaged vehicle in background
DVIDS
Kabul
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Canadian Brigadier-General Eric Tremblay, chief NATO military spokesman in Afghanistan:
"The attack in Laghman province was claimed by the Taliban. It was as they've mentioned, using suicide bombers, who got close to their intended target, but in the process, killing 26 Afghan civilians. Again, demonstrating their indiscriminate, unproportional, irresponsible and unpopular acts of violence against the Afghans."
AP Television
Mehterlam, Laghman province
8. Mid of ambulance at Laghman hospital
9. Mid of a wounded man being helped into hospital
10. Wide of a presumed dead woman lying on hospital trolley, bloodied clothes
AP Television
Jalalabad, Nangarhar province
11. Wide exterior of Jalalabad hospital
12. Close-up of map of hospital
13. Interior of injured man on hospital stretcher being wheeled through corridor
14. Close-up of hospital staff
15. Injured surrounded by relatives lying down on hospital beds
16. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Amal, Injured boy, vox pop:
" I was selling mobile phone top up cards, there was a gathering. I heard a loud blast, I don't know what happened afterwards."
17. Various of injured
STORYLINE
A Taliban suicide bomber on Wednesday killed the deputy chief of Afghanistan's National Directorate for Security, Dr. Abdullah Laghmani, in an attack that left 22 others dead, east of Kabul.
Laghmani was visiting a mosque at the time of the attack and intended to discuss plans to rebuild it, officials said.
The explosion ripped through a crowd in Laghman province just as officials were leaving the main mosque in Mehterlam, 60 miles (100 kilometres) east of Kabul.
The bombing, which occurred during the holy month of Ramadan, struck at the heart of Afghanistan's intelligence service and underscored the Taliban's increasing ability to carry off complex and targeted assaults.
Laghmani died at the scene, according to Sayed Ahmad Safi, the spokesman for the local governor.
Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman province governor also confirmed Laghmani's death.
A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber on foot targeted Abdullah Laghmani.
Mashal spoke of a similar scene in which "a suicide attacker...ran into his vehicle and exploded himself."
Several top provincial officials from Laghman were also among the dead, among them the executive director of Laghman's governor's office, the head of Laghman's provincial council, two of Laghmani's body guards, and 18 civilians, said Sayed Ahmad Safi.
An earlier estimate from Mashal put the number of wounded at around 35.
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