Taliban Left Nine Others Dead in Afghanistan, Rejecting Truce Calls; US Drones Responded

Violent bomb blasts continued to shake Afghanistan as Taliban militants have rejected calls for a holiday truce.

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Afghan officials say there were three explosions in the capital, Kabul, on June 2, including a bomb that killed two people and injured 24 others.

The charge had been placed under a bus carrying officials headed to the Kabul Education University, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.

The blast was followed 20 minutes later by two roadside bombs in the same area, Rahimi added.

Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for the Health Ministry, said 24 other people including four women were injured in the attacks. At least one person was killed by the first blast, while the second died in the hospital.

Rahimi said that five members of the security forces were among those injured.

At least two Afghan journalists were also injured

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement, the extremist group said it set off an improvised explosive device on a bus allegedly transporting members of the Shi’ite community, and after security forces and journalists gathered at the site, it said it detonated two more bombs.

The blasts in the western part of Kabul came hours after at least seven police officers were killed after a car loaded with explosives blew up in the southeastern Ghazni Province.

At least eight other police officers were injured in the late June 1 blast at a police compound in the southern part of the Ghazni city, the provincial capital, council chief Nasir Ahmad Faqiri said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and alleged that 40 police officers had been killed.

The blast was the latest in a series of deadly car bombs and suicide explosions to rock Afghanistan around the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Eid, the festival that ends the Ramadan period.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a May 22 car bomb explosion in Ghazni that left four people dead, including two police officers, and injured 17 others.

Blasts on successive days killed or wounded dozens of people in the capital, Kabul, on May 30-31.

NATO Drones Response

Aref Noori spokesman for Ghazni governor told BNA correspondent, more than 100 Taliban militants were killed in a NATO drone raid in Ghazni province and numerous of weapons were seized by security forces.

It is mentionable that four top commanders of Taliban named Haji Asad, Atiqullah, Mullah Khalil and Mullah Sharif were also among the dead.