Afghanistan .. The wave of violence continues, and a UN mission in Kabul is expected to die

The United Nations said that 5 Afghan security forces, who were accompanying a UN mission, were killed Thursday in an ambush by gunmen near the capital, Kabul.

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, explained to Al-Jazeera that none of the organization's employees was injured in the attack.

On the other hand, the Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted security sources as saying that 6 policemen were killed and more than 10 others were wounded as a result of several attacks targeting government sites in the Sarkano district in the state of Koner, east of the country.

The sources accused the Taliban of being behind the attacks, while the movement did not comment on these accusations.

A series of explosions rocked Kabul yesterday, one of which resulted in the killing of a police official and two of his bodyguards, when an explosive device placed in his car, west of the capital, was detonated.

Al-Jazeera correspondent from Kabul, Maan al-Khader, said that the guards who were with the UN mission were killed on a unilateral road that seemed to be prepared in advance to carry out the attack, without the convoy being able to avoid it.

Qualitative development

The correspondent indicated that the targeting of the UN mission was a qualitative security development and a major escalation that was not unprecedented, and that the majority of the attacks that were monitored for days were against security personnel and government sites.

Kabul witnessed more than 20 IED attacks during the week, most of which focused on police vehicles and other security services.

The attacks are concentrated in urban centers, and they come at a time of prolonged peace talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, between Taliban fighters and the Kabul government.

Officials say the talks have largely stalled because the administration of US President Joe Biden is considering how to deal with the peace process, including a deal to withdraw US forces that Washington struck with the Taliban during the rule of former President Donald Trump.

According to UN statistics, the recent wave of violence in Afghanistan has caused the displacement of 5,000 people since the beginning of this year, at a time when security sources estimate that the number of victims has reached 500, most of them government forces.