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Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 4 people

An Afghan National Army (ANA) officer takes part in a training exercise at an National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A security official says a suicide car bombing has killed four people — two civilians and two policemen — in southern Afghanistan.

An Afghan National Army (ANA) officer takes part in a training exercise at an National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Police spokesman for southern Helmand province, Shamem Noorzai, says Wednesday’s attack took place in the Gareshk district.

He says the bomber targeted a police patrol and blew up his car next to a police vehicle in a crowded area of the town of Gareshk.

Noorzai says the explosion also wounded three civilians and a police officer.

Helmand’s provincial spokesman, Omer Zwak, says another attack, this one in Gramsir district, killed two people when the fuel truck they were driving in struck a roadside bomb.

Afghan insurgents are planting an increasing number of bombs across the country in a campaign to retake territory as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

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