At least five people were killed in the Afghan capital Kabul inback-to-back blasts caused by sticky bombs during morning rush hour, anofficial confirmed Saturday.
Two private cars and a police patrol vehicle were targeted in the morningblasts, Kabul police spokesman Firdaus Faramarz told Anadolu Agency.
The first two blasts took place in the western neighborhood of Darul Amanand northern quarter of Karta Parwan, where two cars exploded with stickybombs attached, he said, adding that three people, including a woman, werekilled and two injured.
A third similar blast blew up a police patrol vehicle in the Wahdat Pularea, killing two people.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but thegovernment has blamed a string of bombings in recent weeks on Taliban andpro-ISIS/Daesh militants.
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The attacks come on the heels of a NATO defense minister meeting onThursday that broke with a proposed pullout plan from Afghanistan as agreedto last February in a US-Taliban deal.
On Feb. 2, prominent pro-peace religious figure Mohammad Atif was killed byone such sticky bomb attack.link
Other casualties in the last three months include women’s rights activistFereshteh Kohestani, Yusuf Rashid, head of the Free and Fair ElectionFoundation, and a number of prominent journalists.
