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Afghanistan’s intelligence chief was badly wounded in a suspected suicide bombing assassination attempt in Kabul, according to reports.

Asadullah Khalid, head of National Directorate of Security, was attacked while he was at one of his guest houses in Kabul, the BBC reported.

The Taliban took credit for the attack on Khalid, a Taliban spokesman said, according to The Washington Post.

One day after the U.S. denied it had lost any of its drones in the Middle East, an Iranian official says Tehran has “evidence” that it brought down another U.S. drone.

Iran claimed Tuesday that it had captured a Boeing-designed ScanEagle drone from the United States, but U.S. officials denied the claims.

“We have no evidence that the Iranian claims are true,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. Navy Cmdr. Jason Salata said that all U.S. drones in the region were “accounted for."

Reports said 3 car bombs targeted Forward Operating Base Fenty in eastern Afghanistan Sunday morning.

Consideration of the former Republican senator comes as Susan Rice faces controversy over her possible nomination as secretary of State.

KHOST, Afghanistan—Insurgent forces detonated a bomb less than a mile from where U.S. forces were meeting with provincial leaders. 

PAKTIKA, Afghanistan — American commanders are going full-bore to ensure local officials are ready for the departure of coalition forces. 

McCain said he was “surprised and frustrated” to learn that the intelligence community changed the talking points about the attack.

Some Republicans have suggested the White House altered the talking points used by Susan Rice for political reasons.

France ended its combat mission in Afghanistan Tuesday as the country’s troops held a ceremony transferring control to the Afghans in the northeast Kapisa province.

The French pulled 500 troops from the region after a handover ceremony with the Afghans, The Associated Press reported.

"This is the end of combat operations," said Col. Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman. "It's the end of support operations for the Afghan National Army because we have no more troops who can deploy in such a role."

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States is violating its agreement with Afghanistan to hand over control of the prison at Bagram Air Base, as he ordered Afghan officials to take control of the prison.

Karzai said in a statement late Sunday that the United States is violating the Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed earlier this year to hand over control of the Parwan Detention Facility to the Afghans.

Karzai ordered Afghan officials to take “all required and urgent measures to ensure a full Afghanization of the prison affairs and a complete transfer of its authority.”