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Official OK after blast

The governor of Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, Toryali Weesa, survived an attempt on his life but one of his bodyguards sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck his vehicle on Friday.

The Taliban's elusive leader Mullah Mohammad on Friday rejected any talks with the Afghan government and called on his fighters to intensify attacks against the Afghan and NATO-led troops based in Afghanistan.