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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants pulled a deputy provincial governor from his car and shot him dead and killed a former district chief while he prayed in a mosque in the latest attacks on supporters of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, officials said Saturday.
Namatullah Yusuf Zai, southern Nimroz province's deputy governor, was driving to Kabul on Friday to attend a meeting on peace and reconciliation when militants stopped his car and killed him, Gov. Ghulam Dustaqir said. He blamed Taliban rebels for the attack.
Hours later, two insurgents walked into a mosque in neighboring Helmand province and shot a former local district chief in the head while he prayed, Gov. Sher Mohammed Aghunzada.
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