Violence is rampant in Afghanistan despite peace efforts with 573 Afghan people killed in the first quarter of the year.
At least 14 people have been killed in attacks on three parts of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours as violence continues unabated in the country.
In the Kabul capital, unidentified gunmen killed four police officers, a university lecturer and a government official on three occasions, Ferdows Faramarz police spokesman said on Saturday.
The two incidents took place on Saturday and the third on Friday evening, according to police.
Expected killings are rampant in Kabul, where security forces, civil servants, human rights activists, and journalists are often at odds.
There have been no reports of any incidents in Afghanistan’s capital.
In the southeastern state of Ghazni, at least four people have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, officials said.
Two other people were injured when a bomb exploded on their way to the provincial capital, spokesman Wahidullah Jumazada said.
In the southern province of Kandahar, at least four civilians were killed Friday afternoon and three others were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Arghandab state, Jamal Barakzai, a police spokesman for the region, told ToloNews.
Local officials have accused the Taliban of blasting, but no group has claimed responsibility.
Injuries in the country increased by 29% in the first half of the year, the United Nations said in a report last week, killing 573 Afghans and 1,210 injured.
“Of particular concern is the 37 per cent increase in the number of women killed and injured, as well as the 23% increase in injured children compared to the first quarter of 2020,” according to the report.
The Taliban had already refused separate All peace talks until all foreign groups are expelled from Afghanistan.
The Taliban and the United States last year agreed that all foreign groups should be expelled from Afghanistan by May 1, the day they were reinstated last week by US President Joe Biden.
The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, when they were ousted by a US-led force.
Since then, they have been making threats that have been going on for a long time and are still improving many areas.
