TLTP
KABUL
The deputy governor of Kabul was killed when a sticky bomb attached to his armoured vehicle detonated in the centre of the Afghan capital on Tuesday.
Interior Ministry Spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed the fatal attack, calling the killing “a war crime,” that was an “inhumane” act.
Deputy Governor Mahboobullah Mohebi died in the blast, along with his secretary. Two bodyguards were wounded, Mr Arian said.
In the other attack in Kabul, gunmen shot and killed a police officer and wounded another policeman, Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul’s police chief, said. An investigation was ongoing, he added.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the Kabul attacks. ISIS has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in the capital in recent months, including horrific attacks on educational institutions that killed as many as 50 people, most of them students.
The Taliban have waged bitter battles against ISIS fighters, particularly in ISIS strongholds in eastern Afghanistan, while continuing their insurgency against Afghan government forces.
Violence in Afghanistan has spiked in recent months even as the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators are meeting in Qatar to try and hammer out a peace deal that could put an end to decades of war.
