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Three killed, over dozen wounded in Kabul bombing

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 6:58 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 October 2020 4:58 AM ]

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In this file photo, Afghan security personnel are seen inspecting the site of an attack on an Afghan army base in Gardez, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, on May 14, 2020. (By AFP)

A car bomb attack has claimed the lives of at least three people and wounded 14 others in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The casualties were caused after a car packed with explosives was detonated near the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, a car bombing and ensuing firefights killed at least seven people and wounded 33, including police forces and civilians, in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, which took place amid ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group.

Deadly militant attack hits Afghanistan's Khost amid faltering 'peace' talks

A car bomb attack kills at least seven people and wounds 33 in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province.

A new report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday expressed serious concern about the continuing rise in the number of civilian casualties across the country despite the intra-Afghan talks.

The United States, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled a Taliban regime in 2001, struck a “peace” deal with the militant group in February. Under the deal, the militants agreed to stop their attacks on foreign forces in return for the US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Official data shows, however, that bombings and other assaults have increased by 70 percent since then.

The US special representative for Afghanistan said on Tuesday that the level of violence in Afghanistan was unacceptably high.

“Too many Afghans are dying. The sides urgently need an agreement on a reduction of violence leading to a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire,” Zalmay Khalilzad said in a statement, ahead of flying to Doha to meet with the two sides involved in the intra-Afghan talks.

Violent clashes have sharply increased in several parts of the country in recent weeks while government negotiators and the Taliban have failed to make progress in the peace talks.

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