Kabul: 5 Killed in Criminal Incidents Within 24 Hours
Five people, including a doctor, were killed in criminal incidents within the last 24 hours, according to figures gathered by TOLOnews.
One of those killed was Paghman elder Malik Murtaza, whose two bodyguards were also killed in an attack by armed men in Kabul’s Qargha area on Sunday evening. His family called on the government to find the perpetrators.
Unidentified armed men attacked Malik Murtaza’s vehicle in the west of Kabul.
“They will kill my other son the next day, and another the coming day. What should we do? We cannot do anything to them. The government can,” said Bibi Aqila, Malik Murtaza’s mother.
US Envoy Urges Swift End to Bloodshed
The US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in a series of tweets on Sunday reiterated his call on the Afghan warring parties to swiftly end the violence and agree to a political settlement to end the conflict as soon as possible. We condemn the ongoing high level of violence and we condemn all those who authorize and carry out such attacks across Afghanistan, creating terror and bloodshed, Khalilzad said.
Referring to the recent explosion in a religious gathering in Ghazni province, Khalilzad said both the Afghan government and the Taliban must respect the demands of the Afghan people and agree on a political settlement soon.
Explosion Targets Ghazni Gathering; 15 Killed: Interior Ministry
At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 more were wounded in an explosion at a gathering in Gelan district, Ghazni province, on Friday afternoon, the Interior Ministry Affairs says.
The explosives were loaded on a motorbike that was parked near a house in Agho Jan village in Gelan district where a group of people had gathered to attend a Quran recitation ceremony, the Interior Affairs Ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian said.
The explosion comes amidst a sharp increase in violence in the country despite efforts to end the decades of conflicts through a political solution.
Afghanistan: Kabul s Deputy Governor, his secretary killed in IED blast
The vehicle was severely damaged by the force of the explosion that took place at about 9.40 a.m. near the Makroryan-e-Char locality
Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.
AP
A senior Afghan official and his assistant were killed in a bomb blast in Kabul on Tuesday, an Interior Affairs Ministry official has confirmed. Mahbubullah Muhibi (deputy to the provincial governor) and his office assistant were killed following an explosion on Tuesday morning after an improvised sticky bomb attached to his vehicle was detonated, Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told Xinhua news agency.