Afghan Governor Compound Attack

A huge explosion ripped through a governor's compound, followed by a gunbattle with Taliban gunmen today in western Afghanistan, officials said.

Gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing suicide vests stormed a government compound on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding 12 others in the southwest, police said.

Two bodyguards and two suicide attackers were killed in a firefight inside the governor's compound in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, an official said.

A suicide bomber attacked a provincial governor's compound Saturday, causing a number of casualties among members of the international military coalition and Afghan security forces in an area of northern Afghanistan where security has deteriorated, coalition and Afghan police said.The explosion happened as officials were meeting in the governor's o...

A huge explosion ripped through a governor's compound, followed by a gunbattle with Taliban gunmen today in western Afghanistan, officials said.

Gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing suicide vests stormed a government compound on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding 12 others in the southwest, police said.

Two bodyguards and two suicide attackers were killed in a firefight inside the governor's compound in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, an official said.

A suicide bomber attacked a provincial governor's compound Saturday, causing a number of casualties among members of the international military coalition and Afghan security forces in an area of northern Afghanistan where security has deteriorated, coalition and Afghan police said.The explosion happened as officials were meeting in the governor's o...