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May 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda On Friday, a remote-controlled roadside bomb ripped through a police patrol vehicle in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province, located some 370 kilometers (229 miles) south of Kabul, provincial police spokesman Farid Aayel said on Saturday.
The injured policemen were taken to the Trinikot Civil Hospital, where they are said to be in stable condition, he added.
Roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants use against Afghan forces, foreign troops, and civilians.
The homemade explosives accounted for half of the about 1,500 civilian deaths in the first six months of 2011, according to the United Nations.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of about 130,000 US-led forces in the war-torn country.
The United Nations announced on February 4 that 2011 was the deadliest year on record for Afghan civilians. The death toll rose eight percent compared to the year before and was roughly double the figure for 2007.
Overall, 3,021 civilians died in violence related to the war and 4,507 were wounded in 2011. Of the deaths, the UN attributed 77 percent to militant attacks and 14 percent to US-led foreign troops and Afghan forces. Nine percent of the cases were classified as unknown.
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