KABUL, 11 February, 2021 (TON): Four blasts rocked the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul on Wednesday killing two people including a police chief who had been attempting to crack down on the city’s growing insecurity, marked by almost daily assassinations.

Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said, “In the wake of three terrorist attacks in Kabul this morning, Mohammadzai Kochai, police chief of district five of Kabul was martyred along with his bodyguard”.

Another three people were wounded, he added.

A separate blast later hit a car near the upmarket international Serena Hotel; although there were no casualties.

Areas dominated by the Taliban militants including District five, where Kochai was based, is a transport hub between the capital Kabul and Afghanistan’s southern provinces.

Kochai had sought to crack down on the high levels of insecurity in the district in recent months.

The group has denied involvement in a recent wave of targeted assassinations which the government and many foreign powers have blamed on it.

The attacks are concentrated in urban centers and come as protracted peace talks take place in Doha between Taliban militants and the Afghan government.

The peace talks have largely stalled as the new U.S. President takes the office and reviews handing the peace process, including, a troop withdrawal agreement Washington signed with the Taliban under previous President Donald Trump.