A bombing and a taking pictures assault within the Afghan capital of Kabul have killed at the very least two individuals, together with the pinnacle of an impartial Afghan elections watchdog
KABUL, Afghanistan — A bombing and a taking pictures assault in Kabul killed at the very least two individuals Wednesday, together with the pinnacle of an impartial Afghan elections watchdog, officers stated.
The assaults are the newest in relentless violence in Afghanistan even because the Taliban and Afghan authorities negotiators maintain talks in Qatar, attempting to hammer out a peace deal that would put an finish to a long time of battle.
Unknown gunmen shot and killed Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, govt director of the non-governmental Free and Honest Election Discussion board of Afghanistan, stated Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul’s police chief.
The assault passed off throughout Rasheed’s morning commute to FEFA’s workplace in Kabul, and his driver was additionally wounded and brought to the hospital, Faramarz stated.
In a separate assault within the capital on Wednesday, a police automobile was focused by a sticky bomb in japanese a part of town. The blast killed one police officer and wounded two others, in accordance with Faramarz.
Nobody instantly claimed duty for the assaults.
The Islamic State group claimed duty for an assault in Kabul on Tuesday through which a roadside bombing tore by a automobile, killing 5 individuals, three of them medical doctors on their method to work on the metropolis’s important penitentiary.
Amongst these killed was Nazefa Ibrahimi, the appearing well being director of the jail. One other physician was in severe situation.
IS stated it had focused the jail administration staff within the assault. Their automotive, a white sedan, didn’t seem to have any markings on it that indicated its passengers have been medical employees. The automobile was virtually fully destroyed within the blast.
IS has claimed duty for a number of assaults in Kabul in latest months, together with on academic establishments that killed 50 individuals, most of them college students.
Violence in Afghanistan has spiked even amid the Taliban and Afghan authorities peace negotiations, which started in September. The talks, after some latest procedural progress, have been suspended till early January and there’s hypothesis the resumption might be additional delayed.
On the identical time, the Taliban have waged bitter battles towards IS fighters, notably in japanese Afghanistan, whereas persevering with their insurgency towards authorities forces and conserving their promise to not assault U.S. and NATO troops.
IS has additionally claimed duty for final week’s rocket assaults on the main U.S. base in Afghanistan. There have been no casualties in that assault, in accordance with NATO and provincial officers.
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Related Press author Maamoun Youssef in Cairo contributed to this report.