Kabul blast kills deputy provincial governor, says official

Gulf Today Report

A bombing and a shooting attack on Tuesday in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least three people, including a deputy governor of Kabul, security officials said.

According to Tariq Arian, Afghan interior ministry spokesman, Mahboobullah Mohebi, the deputy governor was travelling with his security guards when the blast occurred. Two guards were injured in the blast.

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In the other attack in Kabul, gunmen shot and killed a police officer and wounded another policeman, said Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul's police chief. An investigation was ongoing, he added.

Afghan police arrive at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Rahmat Gul/AP

No militant group has made an immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Last week an Afghan government prosecutor was shot dead in eastern Kabul while he was on his way to work.

The Taliban have waged bitter battles against Daesh fighters, particularly in Daesh 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.