India’s surgical strikes against Pakistan would harm the Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned.

An explosion ripped through the Speen Square intersection in Khushal Khan in PD 5 of Kabul city on Sunday morning, leaving a number of people dead, sources have confirmed.

The terrorists were planning to attack positions held by the Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces. Afghanistan Ministry of Defense on Sunday that 74 Talibani terrorists were killed and 15 injured during clashes with the country’s armed forces in Kandahar province.

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.