At least 13 Afghan security force members were killed and five others wounded in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a Taliban attack in Baghlan province.

Lieutenant General Nicola Zanelli of Italy has assumed responsibility as Deputy Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, replacing Lieutenant General Giles Hill from the UK.

Security sources said at least 23 Afghan National Army soldiers including Battalion and unit commanders and a special forces commander have been killed in clashes that led to the fall of Dehraud district in Uruzgan province to the Taliban.

At least 10 border forces have been killed and four others wounded in a Taliban attack in Imam Sahib district of northeastern Kunduz province, officials said Monday.

The Afghan government’s chief negotiator and Qatar’s deputy prime minister have discussed latest developments in the peace talks.

The Meshrano Jirga or Senate on Tuesday supported the government’s proposal to shift the next phases of peace talks to Afghanistan, believe the move would reduce foreign influence on the peace process. Earlier, National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib and President Ashraf Ghani had asked for shifting next phases of peace talks to Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan’s commander General Scott Miller on Monday to discuss regional security with the focus on the Afghan peace process.

At least one policeman was killed Tuesday morning in Bagrami district of Kabul province, police confirmed.

Kabul’s Deputy Governor Mohabbatullah Mohammadi and his secretary have been killed in a magnetic IED explosion, the Interior Ministry has confirmed.

The deputy head of the Ghor Provincial Council Abdul Rahman was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an explosion in the provincial capital.