A suicide bomber was killed and two British nationals were wounded on Sunday morning when the suspected bomber rammed his car into an automobile carrying four Britons in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, the Kandahar provincial governor said.

"The suicide explosion happened at around 10 o'clock in Dorahi area of Kandahar city. The suicide attacker blew himself when his car was near the vehicle of four Britons. The attacker was blown into pieces at the moment," Kandahar Governor Assadullah Khalid told Xinhua.

"Two of the four Britons, employees of Kandahar's customs department, were injured, and are in very serious condition," he added.

Both the injured men had been taken to the US military hospital at Kandahar airbase.

Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taliban, and neighboring provinces of Zabul, Helmand and Uruzgan have been the scene of increasing militancy over the past six months.

Taliban's remnants that failed to derail the landmark Sept.18 parliamentary elections have vowed to continue Jihad or holy war until the US-dominated foreign troops leave Afghanistan.

Over 1,200 people with the majority of them militants, according to official sources, have been killed in the Taliban-led insurgency against some 20,000-storng US-dominated foreign troops and 30,000 fledgling Afghan National Army since the beginning of this year.

Source: Xinhua