The mayor of a southern Afghan province has been seriously wounded along with a bodyguard when suspected Taliban guerrillas blew up his car, a spokesman said. The attack on Haji Manaf Khan, the mayor of Helmand province, occurred in the provincial capital Lashkargar on Sunday, said provincial spokesman Haji Muhammad Wali. "His car was blown up by a remote controlled mine," he said on Monday. "He was seriously wounded along with a bodyguard. We arrested one Taliban on the spot." **PHOTO CAPTION*** Supporters of the governor of a key Afghan province beat up staff of a new intelligence chief at the weekend, in yet another challenge to President Hamid Karzai's efforts to broaden his authority, an official said on July 4, 2004. (Reuters)