Suicide raid in Afghan governor's compound kills 8

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Dec 12 (Reuters) A suicide bomber today blew himself up inside the compound of the Afghan governor of southern Helmand province, killing eight people, provincial officials said.

Governor Mohammad Daud was not wounded.

Four police, two soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attack in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand which is part of the Taliban's heartland and the main drug producing region of Afghanistan, the world's leading producer of heroin.

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