KABUL, 4 April 2021, (TON): The blast happened at around 8:40 am local time when an army vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb blast in the Qaragha area of Paghman district, police said.

Police did not provide further details about the incident and no group has claimed responsibility for the blast.  

At least 307 Afghans were killed, and 350 others were wounded in a series of explosions and targeted attacks in March. There has been a 20 percent increase in the number of explosions and targeted attacks in the country in March compared to February. In February, the casualties were around 264 deaths and 278 injuries. 

KABUL, 28 March, 2021, (TON): Safatullah Faqir, a member of the Afghan Air Force (AAF), was killed by unknown gunmen in the Bagh-e-Daud area of Paghman district on Saturday, a source confirmed.

Kabul police said the incident is being investigated but yet no further details provided.

Sources said Sunday that in addition to the killing of the AAF member, a state prosecutor was killed in Paktia province and another security force member was killed in Kabul in the past 24 hours. This comes on the heels of two other incidents against security force members in the country since Friday.

LASHKARGAH, Afghanistan, 26 March, 2021, (TON): Suspected Taliban insurgents shot and killed a persuasive ancestral senior in this capital city of southern Helmand region, the lead representative said on Friday.

Governor Abdul Nabi Ilham said the elder was gunned down in the Nehr Siraj zone of Lashkargah last Thursday. He identified the slain elder as Ghulam Jan Aka, a previous top of the social gathering of the Sangin area and commander of Afghan local police.

The governor said Jan Aka had delivered various penances during his battle to keep solidarity among individuals and make ready for improvement just as for the insurance of the dirt and public honor.

The governor instructed intelligence agencies to find the killers and punish them for their actions. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the killing.

KABUL, 18 March, 2021, (TON): Three individuals have been killed and 11 others injured when a side of the road bomb hit a transport conveying Afghan government workers in Kabul on Thursday, authorities said.

The bombarding went ahead the day the Afghan government, Taliban, and key nations, including the US and Russia, accumulate in Moscow to push for a decrease in viciousness to impel the Afghan harmony measure forward.

A spokesman for the Kabul police confirmed the casualty figures but gave no further details. Another official said the vehicle was carrying Afghan government employees.

The blast hit a bus which was rented by the Afghan ministry of information and technology to transport employees, said Abdul Samad Hamid Poya, a ministry adviser.

He added that it was unclear at the moment who the victims are.