Kabul, Aug 4 (DPA) An Afghan intelligence agent and four civilians were killed in a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan, while the Taliban fired eight rockets into Kabul early Tuesday, wounding two people, officials said.

In Shah Joy district in the southern province of Zabul, a bomber, who had strapped explosives around his body, detonated himself close to an intelligence vehicle, killing himself and five others, Gholan Jailani, the deputy provincial police chief, said.

'One intelligence officer, and four civilians were killed and 17 civilians and three security forces (personnel) were wounded in the attack,' he said.

No group took responsibility for the bombing, but Taliban militants, who were driven from power in late 2001, have been behind such attacks in the past.

Meanwhile, in a rare attack on capital city, Taliban militants fired eight rockets into Kabul early Tuesday, an interior ministry spokesman said.

'This morning at around 4 a.m., there were eight rocket attacks on Kabul city, and these rockets hit different districts of Kabul city,' Zemrai Bashary told DPA.

'Fortunately there were no heavy casualties, only two civilians, a child and a man, were wounded,' he said, adding, 'The police have started an investigation into these rocket attacks.'

Bashary said that police units were immediately deployed to the area from where the rockets were fired, adding 'fortunately... another rocket was discovered and defused'.

One of the rockets landed in Wazir Akbar Khan, a diplomatic enclave, where the headquarters of the NATO-led international forces and several embassies including those of the US, Germany, Britain and France are located, a police official said.