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An Afghan man carries bread as he walks past a taxi damaged in an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. A suicidebomber exploded a car Thursday next to an Afghan army bus in Kabul, killing one person and wounding four others, while authorities in the east said they found the decapitated bodies of four road construction workers.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicidebomber blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding 11 others, including a deputyprovincial governor, officials said.

The bomber struck in Helmand province's capital of Lashkar Gah, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal said.

Among those badly wounded was Helmand's deputy governor, Pir Mohammad, a tribal leader and a police official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue