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.

A suicide bomber was killed before reaching his target against Afghan National Army (ANA) in Nawa district of Helmand province, said the Ministry of Defense in a stement Sunday.

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.

This comes after Kabul also witnessed a deadly car bomb attack on Sunday that killed at least 9 people and wounded 20 more.

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.

A delegation, led by National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, is scheduled to arrive in Baku on a three-day visit on December 20.

A convoy of the Afghan National Army (ANA) was hit by an explosion in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province on Sunday.

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.