Al Jazeera :
At least 14 people have been killed in attacks across three Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours as violent conflict continues in the country despite continuing peace efforts.
In capital Kabul, unknown gunmen killed four policemen, a university lecturer, and a government employee in three separate incidents, police spokesman Ferdows Faramarz said on Saturday.
Two of the incidents happened on Saturday while the third one took place on Friday evening, according to the police.
Targeted killings are on the rise in Kabul where security forces, government employees, activists, and journalists are often the targets.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the majority of the attacks happening in the Afghan capital.
In the country’s southeastern Ghazni province, at least four civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast, local officials said.
Two other civilians were wounded when the bomb hit their vehicle as they drove in the provincial capital, the governor’s spokesman Wahidullah Jumazada said.
In southern Kandahar province, at least four civilians were killed on Friday afternoon and three wounded when another roadside bomb in Arghandab district exploded, provincial police spokesman Jamal Barakzai told ToloNews.
