22 people, including policemen, were killed in attacks in Afghanistan
Afghan police officers inspect a damaged police car after an explosion in Jalalabad.
Reuters
Yesterday, officials said that at least 22 people were killed in several attacks in five provinces in Afghanistan.
Police spokesman Firdaus Varamarz said that in the capital, Kabul, unidentified gunmen assassinated four policemen, a university lecturer and a government employee in three separate incidents.
Two incidents occurred yesterday, while the third occurred on Friday evening, according to police.
The killings escalated in Kabul after a few weeks of relative calm, often targeting security forces, government employees, activists and journalists.
In Ghazni province, southeastern Afghanistan, local officials said that at least four civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in the province.
A spokesman for the governor, Waheedullah Jumahzada, said that two other civilians were injured when a bomb exploded in their vehicle in the provincial capital.
Local officials blamed Taliban fighters for the blast, but no group has claimed responsibility.
In Logar province in the center of the country, a spokesman for the provincial police said that three soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the region.
In Nangarhar province, an official said that at least two policemen were killed and a civilian was wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad.
In Takhar province, at least seven pro-government forces were killed in a Taliban attack in Bangui district.
The gunmen used a drone, according to Salah al-Din Burhani, a member of the Regional Council, and an intelligence officer.
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