A roadside bomb exploded outside a provincial governor's compound on Saturday just as the governor was arriving in his car. The governor was not hurt but another government official was killed, police said. Six Afghan policemen, meanwhile, died after a roadside bomb hit their convoy on Friday in Paktia province. Two NATO soldiers were also killed in fighting in Kandahar province. The governor of the eastern Laghman province escaped injury after someone placed a bomb opposite his compound. Meanwhile, three Taliban were killed in a separate clash.