Kabul – A deputy governor of Kabul province and his aide were killed by a bomb in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, officials said. It was just the latest in a wave of massacres targeting the country.
Mahbobullah Mohebi died when a bomb connected to his vehicle detonated while heading to his office, the Interior Ministry said.
Mohebi’s secretary, who was traveling with him, was also killed and two bodyguards were injured.
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Hours later, in the central province of Ghor, a similar bomb killed Abdul Rahman Akshan, the deputy director of the provincial council.
Akshan was killed and his two bodyguards were injured when a “sticky bomb” attached to his vehicle detonated in the town of Feroz Koh, a local official said.
Violence has swept across the country since the Taliban and Afghan governments began peace talks in Qatar in September.
Afghanistan – and especially Kabul – has seen a series of assassinations of prominent figures, including journalists, clerics, politicians and rights activists.
Last week, a female news presenter was shot dead in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the second journalist killed in less than a month.
The capital has been hit by rockets twice this month and has recently fought major attacks on schools, including a massacre of students on a university campus.
In a separate attack in Kabul on Tuesday, a policeman was killed and two others were injured when gunmen attacked his checkpoint, officials said.
Peace talks have been stalled until January, and government negotiators are expected to return to Kabul from Qatar this week to meet with senior officials.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and some other senior officials have called for talks to be moved to Afghanistan from Doha.