With no claim of responsibility for attack yet, Afghan authorities have been blaming armed Taliban for such assaults At least nine civilians were killed and many more wounded in a bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, apparently aimed at a member of the parliament, authorities confirmed.

An explosion rocked Kabul city on Sunday morning, Kabul police headquarters confirmed. Security sources told TOLOnews that at least 9 people have been killed and six others were wounded in the explosion in PD5 of the city.

The top U.S. military commander met this week with leaders of the Afghan Taliban insurgency and Afghanistan’s government to urge a reduction in violence across the war-torn South Asian country.

President Ashraf Ghani spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday evening and they discussed the peace process and their concerns over the escalation of violence in Afghanistan, Presidential Palace spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.

Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, held unannounced talks with the Taliban peace negotiators in Doha, capital of Qatar, to urge a reduction in violence across Afghanistan, AP reported.

President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday invited the Taliban to Kandahar province to hold a discussion about bringing peace to Afghanistan. In a trip to the southern Kandahar province on Thursday, Ghani said that if the Taliban is willing to bring peace, they can come to Kandahar to hold talks with the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED blast in Kabul city on Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement.

Taliban delegation’s 3-day visit to Islamabad follows consultation with Afghan government, says Kabul. A delegation of the Afghan Taliban met with Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday to discuss the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan.

Afghan officials blame the Taliban for the attack that took place in the Wazirabad area of Pol-e-Khumri city. At least 13 Afghan police officers were killed in an attack on their checkpoint in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday.

At least three people were killed in a fresh spate of targeted killings in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul over the past 24 hours. The first incident took the life of security guard of Ahmad Malikzada, the security guard in charge of Bagrami district in PD15 when an IED blast targeted his vehicle.