Kabul: Officials say a suicide bomber has targeted a provincial governor's convoy near a hospital in southern Afghanistan.
They say the governor, Mohammad Ashraf Nasery, escaped Saturday's attack in Zabul province. But a doctor has been killed and three bodyguards were wounded.
Provincial police chief Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rooghlawanay says a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives as the governor was on his way to visit the hospital.
Taliban and other insurgents have stepped up attacks targeting Afghan officials in a bid to undermine confidence in President Hamid Karzai's government as U.S. and other foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw by the end of 2014.
They say the governor, Mohammad Ashraf Nasery, escaped Saturday's attack in Zabul province. But a doctor has been killed and three bodyguards were wounded.
Provincial police chief Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rooghlawanay says a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives as the governor was on his way to visit the hospital.
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