A suicide bombing killed the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province and two other people outside his home today.
Three others were wounded in the attack outside Abdul Hakim Taniwal's house in the provincial capital of Gardez.
Taliban-led militants have stepped up attacks in Afghanistan this year, including suicide bombings.
More than 100 Taliban fighters raided a government compound in western Afghanistan early today, while NATO and Afghan forces killed 94 Taliban fighters in airstrikes and ground attacks in southern Afghanistan, police and military alliance sources said.
Taliban fighters riding in pickup trucks and firing rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles attacked the compound in the Farah provincial town of Kalaigar. Two police were killed by the Taliban, who also burned two rooms of the compound and a health clinic in the town
