Bomber hits Afghan district office

At least nine people have been killed and eight wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a government office in southern Afghanistan, police said.The bomber walked into the office in the government headquarters of Dand district, about 10km south of the city of Kandahar, on Monday, officials said."In this incident, five policemen and four civilians were martyred," the interior ministry said in a statement."Two policemen and six civilians were wounded."The registration office is inside a Kandahar district government compound that includes administration offices, the police headquarters and a court.