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Suicide Attack Kills Afghan Deputy Governor

   VOA News 28 September 2010

   Afghan  police  say  a  suicide  bomber  has  killed  a top provincial
   official and at least five other people in eastern Afghanistan.
   Tuesday's  attack  killed  the  deputy  governor  of  Ghazni province,
   Mohammad  Kazim  Allahyar,  as  well  as  his adult son, nephew, and a
   guard.  Two nearby civilians also were killed.
   Police  say  the  bomber,  on  a motorized rickshaw, struck the deputy
   governor's  vehicle  as it traveled toward Allahyar's office in Ghazni
   city.  The explosion also wounded at least eight people.
   In  an  emotional speech in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai decried such
   violence  and said he worries it will force young Afghans to leave the
   country.
   He  broke  into tears at one point, and said he does not want his son,
   Mirwais, to become a foreigner.
   The  speech  was  about  education in Afghanistan, and Mr. Karzai said
   children  cannot  go  to  school  because  of  the threat of bombs and
   suicide attacks.
   Ghazni  is  on  the  main  road  between  Kabul  and  Kandahar, and is
   regularly hit by insurgent attacks.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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