US military blames Taliban for recent assassinations in Afghanistan
The United States has blamed the Taliban forces in Afghanistan for a recent spate of deadly attacks in the war-torn country.
On Monday, Washington accused the group of assassinating prominent Afghan figures in the past weeks.
The accusation, which is being directed at the militants by Washington for the first time, comes as the Afghan government and the Taliban representatives are due to resume the US-brokered peace talks in the Qatari capital on Tuesday.
A prominent election activist, the deputy governor of Kabul province and five people working as journalists for news networks were among the Afghan figures assassinated in the past several weeks.
Read more:
Gunmen kill head of Afghan election monitoring group in Kabul
Afghan radio journalist shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ghor Province
"The Taliban's campaign of unclaimed attacks and targeted killings of government officials, civil society leaders & journalists must... cease for peace to succeed," Colonel Sonny Leggett, spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan, said on Twitter.
While the Taliban have denied the charges leveled against the group by both Washington and Kabul, Daesh, a Takfiri military group also active in Afghanistan, has claimed responsibility for some of the assassinations.
Both groups have in the past launched numerous attacks against civilian, government and military targets.
The Taliban alone carried out more than 18,000 attacks in 2020, according to the head of Afghan intelligence organization, National Directorate of Security Chief Ahmad Zia Siraj.
Russia decides 'at highest level' to remove Taliban from list of terrorists
Dozen killed in Daesh attack on Hazaras welcoming Karbala pilgrims
UN warns Daesh Afghanistan branch growing in strength
VIDEO | Hezbollah rains attack drones down on elite Israeli brigade
Leader: All captains of criminal, Zionist, terrorist gang must be prosecuted
Iran further raises its oil prices for Chinese buyers: Report
Iran to launch major pressure-boosting projects in South Pars
VIDEO | Escalation amid ceasefire talks
EU's Borrell says ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders binding
VIDEO | Press TV's News Headlines
VIDEO | Massacre in Pakistan’s Parachinar sparks outrage
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
