Featured Image: Three explosions targeted Kabul city on Saturday | Image credits: TOLO News
Afghan police officials confirmed that three separate bomb blasts shook the city of Kabul on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead and wounding two others.
The first explosion targeted a corolla vehicle, at around 8 AM in Darulaman Road in the west of Kabul, injuring two people.
The second explosion occurred at around 8:15 AM in the Kart-e-Parwan area in Kabul’s PD4. The blast also targeted a corolla vehicle and killed three people, including a woman.
The third explosion in the Pul-e-Wahdat area in Kabul’s PD3 at roughly 1:20 AM, killing two people.
While no terror group has claimed responsibility for the blasts, the conflict-ridden region is home to the Islamic State (IS) of Khorasan and the Taliban. Between January 20 to February 19 this year, 51 people were killed and 70 wounded in security and crime incidents in Afghanistan. 66 security and crime incidents happened in Kabul during this time that indicates a slight increase in security and crime incidents in Kabul compared to a month before.
39 IED explosions, 8 cases of assassination and armed attacks and 20 crime incidents happened in Kabul between January 20 to February 19.
A country-wide rise in bombings, targeted killings and violence on the battlefield comes amid stalled peace negotiations between the Taliban and the civilian Afghan government.
Tensions in Afghanistan are high amid a string of targeted killings. Some are claimed by the local Islamic State affiliate, but many go unclaimed, blamed by the government on the Taliban who have denied responsibility for most attacks.
IS claimed that it carried out 82 attacks in Afghanistan in 2020, killing or wounding 821 people, including 21 assassinations. However, the perpetrators of many targeted killings are unknown.
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