A bomb explosion near a power plant in southern Afghanistan has killed two employees, police say.
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Ex-Taleban chief named governor ... 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.
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.
(BBC)
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