KABUL, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two armed men shot dead an intelligence official Monday evening in southern Afghan province of Kandahar, said an official on Tuesday.

    Abdul Qayum Qatawazi, the provincial intelligence chief told Xinhua that it occurred at around 6:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT) when two gunmen in motor bike opened fire at Azizullah the deputy chief of intelligent department in Kandahar city near his house killing him on the spot.

    Meanwhile, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, the purported Taliban spokesman took responsibility for that attack.

    This incident just came two days after the killing of a police trainer in the same city of Kandahar where Taliban militants often carried out such assaults against whom was working for government and international troops.

    Spiraling conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency have claimed around 5,000 people with over 1,500 civilians so far this year in strife-torn Afghanistan while Taliban insurgents have vowed to intensify assaults against interests of Afghan government and international troops before the coming winter.