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| Six dead in Taleban suicide blast | Six dead in Taleban suicide blast |
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| Six people including four security personnel have been killed in a suicide blast in the office of the governor of the Afghan province of Helmand. | Six people including four security personnel have been killed in a suicide blast in the office of the governor of the Afghan province of Helmand. |
| The governor was thought to be in the building but escaped injury. | The governor was thought to be in the building but escaped injury. |
| The Taleban say that they carried out the lunch-time attack and were targeting the governor. Eight other security personnel were also injured. | The Taleban say that they carried out the lunch-time attack and were targeting the governor. Eight other security personnel were also injured. |
| Later on Tuesday a British soldier was killed in a gun battle with the Taleban in Helmand. | |
| Strapped to body | |
| The Taleban have named the bomber and say he was from Helmand province, which has seen increased violence this year. | The Taleban have named the bomber and say he was from Helmand province, which has seen increased violence this year. |
| The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Afghanistan says that the suicide bomber got into the building in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, before detonating explosives strapped to his body. | The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Afghanistan says that the suicide bomber got into the building in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, before detonating explosives strapped to his body. |
| Our correspondent says the governor has been the target of numerous earlier assassination attempts. | Our correspondent says the governor has been the target of numerous earlier assassination attempts. |
| In October, an attempt on his life by a suicide bomber resulted in the death of a British Royal Marine in Lashkar Gah. | In October, an attempt on his life by a suicide bomber resulted in the death of a British Royal Marine in Lashkar Gah. |
| Afghan optimism decreases War costing £3.8m a day | Afghan optimism decreases War costing £3.8m a day |
| The governor had recently been told he was going to be sacked, although the decision had not been formally announced. | The governor had recently been told he was going to be sacked, although the decision had not been formally announced. |
| Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said that the decision to remove him came from US pressure, because of his key role in holding truce talks with the Taleban in Musa Qala district. | Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said that the decision to remove him came from US pressure, because of his key role in holding truce talks with the Taleban in Musa Qala district. |
| His policy was publicly criticised by the Americans as "giving in" to the militants. | His policy was publicly criticised by the Americans as "giving in" to the militants. |
| Nato peacekeepers said that a British soldier died in a firefight with the Taleban on Tuesday. The soldier was a Royal Marine. | |
| Twenty British soldiers have been killed in Helmand province this year. | |
| The majority of British troops in Afghanistan are based in Helmand. |