A wave of attacks in Kabul on Afghan police, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation installations and the army has killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds.
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Nicholas Haysom, UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, on Friday reiterated the Mission’s repeated calls for the immediate ban on weapons which have been used to kill and maim indiscriminately, and to cease attacks in civilian-populated areas, Xinhua quoted UN spokesman Stephane Duarric as saying.
The Afghans who were killed were working for NATO’s Resolute Support mission on Camp Integrity in Kabul.
The strike on Camp Integrity came barely 24-hours after multiple bombings rocked the Afghan capital on Friday. The bombings were believed to be the first major militant assaults on Kabul since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s death last week.
A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack on the police academy in Kabul.
It occured hours after another blast in Kabul left 15 civilians dead and over 240 injured.
Experts say the escalating violence demonstrates Mullah Mansour’s attempt to boost his image among Taliban cadres and drive attention away from internal divisions over his leadership.
Afghanistan’s national police stand at the entrance gate of Police Academy the aftermath of last night suicide attack on the police academy, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, August 8, 2015. Mullah Mansour was named the new head of the group, shortly after the death of former chief Mullah Omar became public.
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“The new wave of attacks is a tactic by the Taliban’s new leadership to show they are capable, potent and operational”, said security analyst Abdul Hadi Khaled.
