Afghan governor survives suicide attack

KABUL (Reuters) - The governor of Afghanistan's southwestern province of Nimroz survived a suicide attack on Wednesday, but three of his bodyguards were killed, officials said.

"There was a suicide attack against me. I am fine, but three of my bodyguards were killed," Ghulam Dastagir Azad told reporters, adding he feared there were some civilian casualties too.

The bomber was in a car and struck Azad's convoy while the governor was visiting police posts on a road, hitting a car carrying his bodyguards, another official said.

(Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Alex Richardson)