(Updates with suicide attack in Kabul)

KABUL, May 8 (Reuters) - Afghan police killed the self-styled governor and provincial police chief of Taliban insurgents in the western province of Ghor on Thursday, the interior ministry said.

The police raid killed Mullah Sarajuddin identified as Taliban's governor for Ghor and the police chief named only as Mawlavi, along with five other militants while planning to carry out a "sabotage" plan, the ministry said.

There were no casualties among the police, it said in a statement, terming the reported Taliban deaths as a major achievement.

The Taliban who lead an insurgency against the government and foreign troops, could not be contacted for comment immediately

Separately on Thursday, a suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said.

Violence has been at its worst level in Afghanistan since 2006, the bloodiest period since the removal of the al Qaeda-backed Taliban in 2001.

The militants largely rely on roadside bombs and suicide attacks as part of their insurgency and are mostly active in the southern and eastern areas where they run a parallel administration.

Violence has been at worst since 2006, the bloodiest period since Taliban's ouster. More than 12,000 people have been killed during the past two years.

(Reporting by Sayed Salahuddin, editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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