A suicide bombing which shocked Lashkar Gah the capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan Monday morning left 11 people dead and 28 more injured, officials said.

"Eleven people including nine policemen and two civilians were killed and 28 others including three civilians were injured," head of provincial health department Anayatullah Ghafari told Xinhua.

Earlier, a senior police officer Kamaludin Khan told Xinhua that a man in police uniform and with explosive device tied to his body blew himself up at the front gate of police department in Lashkar Gah at around 10 a.m. local time (0530 GMT).

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Taliban outfit often carry out such offensives.

Similar suicide bombing in the capital city Kabul on Sunday claimed the lives of two civilians and wounded 14 others.

Taliban insurgents who staged a violent comeback four years ago have vowed to speed up activities mostly in the shape of suicide attacks and roadside bombings in Afghanistan.

(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2009)