Mine blast kills one, wounds two in Afghan capital: Police
At least one civilian has been killed and two others have been wounded in a mine explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabul, police say.
The deadly incident occurred on Thursday morning when a mine went off in Chehel Sutoon area in Kabul, targeting a government vehicle, Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported, citing police.
The blast killed the vehicle’s driver and wounded two passengers.
Fazel Fazly, the head of the administrative office of the Afghan president, said one of the injured was Jawid Wali, the deputy of the coordination of advisers’ affairs, and that he was “critically wounded” in the attack.
No group or individual immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Separately on Thursday, Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that government troops had killed 26 and wounded 14 Taliban members in Bala-Block district and the outskirts of the western Farah Province while thwarting their attempt to raid army positions.
Afghanistan has recently witnessed a wave of deadly attacks, despite an ongoing peace process between the government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital, Doha.
The latest violence comes as negotiators in the Afghan peace process are taking a break until January 5, after reaching a preliminary agreement this month.
The preliminary deal was the first written agreement between the two warring sides since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The US struck a deal of its own with the Taliban in February. Under that deal, the Taliban agreed to stop their attacks on international forces in return for the US military’s phased withdrawal from Afghanistan and a prisoner exchange with Kabul.
Afghanistan has been gripped by insecurity since the US and its allies invaded the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror in 2001. Many parts of the country remain plagued by militancy despite the presence of foreign troops.
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