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| Deadly blast in south Afghanistan | Deadly blast in south Afghanistan |
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| A bomb explosion near a power plant in southern Afghanistan has killed two employees, police say. | A bomb explosion near a power plant in southern Afghanistan has killed two employees, police say. |
| Helmand police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal said six people had been hurt in the blast in the Gereshk district of the troubled province. | |
| He told AFP news agency that the remote-controlled device was apparently hidden near the wall of the plant. | He told AFP news agency that the remote-controlled device was apparently hidden near the wall of the plant. |
| Nato and government troops in Afghanistan have been battling a resurgent Taleban militia. | Nato and government troops in Afghanistan have been battling a resurgent Taleban militia. |
| Mr Andiwal said the plant's power supply had not been interrupted. | |
| Helmand is a hotbed of Taleban activity. | |
| Thousands of British troops there clash daily with Taleban insurgents and it grows half the country's opium poppies. | |
| It also has a new governor, Gulab Mangal, who has vowed to persuade Taleban fighters to change sides. | |
| A recent UN report on Afghan violence said there were 8,000 conflict-related deaths in 2007 - a fifth of which were civilians. |