Taliban gunmen shot dead a senior Supreme Court official in Kabul on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the Afghan capital.

Taliban gunmen shot dead a senior Supreme Court official in Kabul on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the Afghan capital.

Police said that Atiqullah Raufi, head of secretariat for the court, was gunned down as he left his home to head to work.

The Taliban have often targeted Afghan officials as well as NATO soldiers, foreign compounds and military convoys.

"Around 9:00 am, unknown gunmen shot dead Atiqullah Raufi as he was heading to work," Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a text message sent to the media claimed responsibility for the killing.

On Thursday, a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up among the audience at a French Cultural Centre in Kabul, killing one German national and wounded 15 others.

Hours earlier, another suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying Afghan troops in the suburbs of the city, killing six soldiers.

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