Two security personnel were killed and three others, including a civilian, wounded on Saturday when three explosions rocked different parts of Kabul, officials said.

Head of the Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Friday expressed deep concern over the growing insecurity in capital Kabul and asked people to ensure their security themselves.

The Afghan National Army (ANA) has claimed killing more than two dozen Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand province.

Taliban insurgents have blown up the police headquarters of the Gizab district of central Uruzgan province, a source claimed on Saturday. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok the Taliban used the tunnel they had dug up to target the police headquarters on Friday night.

Clashes between Taliban and public uprising forces have left five dead and six injured in northern Jawzjan province. Abdul Maroof Azar, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News the predawn clashes erupted at about 4am and lasted three hours.

Four Al Qaeda members were among 15 militants killed during an airstrike in Nawa district of southern Helmand province last night, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.

Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) has reportedly detained 10 Chinese nationals on charges of espionage after busting the alleged spy ring. According to EurAsian Times, the group was allegedly running a terror cell in Kabul with the help of the Pakistani spy agency, ISI.

The Afghanistan Meteorological Department has issued a rain, snow and flash flood warning for 13 provinces including Kabul for Saturday and Sunday.

The Jamiat-e-Islami party on Saturday called for an interim government to be established in order for a peace agreement to be reached with the Taliban.

The war in Afghanistan — the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict — enters a crucial phase in 2021. The United States is set to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by May as part of a deal with the Taliban aimed at ending the 19-year war.