A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s capital Sunday, killing at the very least three individuals in a car, the newest assault to happen at the same time as authorities negotiators are in Qatar to renew peace talks with the Taliban.
Tariq Arian, spokesman for the inside minister, mentioned a spokesman for the ministry’s public safety forces “a security force” was one of many three killed within the assault. One different individual was wounded he mentioned.
No one instantly claimed duty for the assault. The Islamic State group has claimed duty for a number of assaults within the capital in latest months, together with on instructional establishments that killed 50 individuals, most of them college students.
IS has claimed duty for rocket assaults in December concentrating on the foremost U.S. base in Afghanistan. There have been no casualties.
Taliban militants have in the meantime continued their insurgency towards authorities forces whereas protecting their promise to not assault U.S. and NATO troops.
Sunday’s assault comes as Afghan negotiators are to renew talks with the Taliban aimed toward discovering an finish to many years of relentless battle. Frustration and worry have grown over a spike in violence that has combatants on each side blaming the opposite.
The stop-and-go talks between the Taliban and the federal government come amid rising doubt over a U.S.-Taliban peace deal brokered by the administration of outgoing President Donald Trump.
An accelerated withdrawal of U.S. troops ordered by Trump means simply 2,500 American troopers will nonetheless be in Afghanistan when President-elect Joe Biden takes workplace this month. Biden has advocated for protecting a small intelligence-based presence in Afghanistan, however Taliban leaders have flatly rejected any international troops.
