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May 18th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A roadside bomb hit an Afghan army vehicle in the Bakwa district of Farah province on Saturday, leaving four soldiers dead, the defense ministry said.
In a separate incident of violence, motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on a police chief who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his house.
Abdul Ghani, police chief of the Khak-e-Safid district of Farah Province, was leaving his driveway in his car when the two raced up and opened fire.
Provincial spokesman Abdul Rahman Zhawandai said Saturday that Ghani was rushed to hospital after the attack Friday night but died of his wounds.
On Friday, twin bomb explosions killed at least nine people and injured dozens in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar.
The strong explosions targeted a convoy of vehicles carrying Afghan security personnel in the city. Local officials said most of the victims were Afghan civilians.
Violence in Afghanistan has seen an upsurge over the past few months, with civilians being the main victims.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country, despite the presence of thousands of US-led troops.
The US-led war in Afghanistan, which has caused record-high civilian and military casualties, has become the longest military conflict in the American history.
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