Afghan Governor Survives Bomb Attack

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Source: Associated Press

Afghan governor survives bomb attack
By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer
56 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - The governor of an important and volatile southern province in Afghanistan escaped an apparent assassination attempt Monday after a bomb exploded by his vehicle convoy, officials said.

The bomb, aimed at the convoy of Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid, wounded three civilians, Khalid's office said in a statement. Khalid was not wounded.

Kandahar is the former stronghold of the Taliban movement and is a major producer of opium poppies. The province has seen fierce fighting involving U.S., NATO and Taliban forces the last two years.

The blast against Khalid's convoy follows a suicide bomb attack that killed the deputy governor of neighboring Helmand province late last month as he was praying inside a mosque in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.

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