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10 killed in targeted attacks in 24 hours
At least ten people have been killed in targeted assassinations in the past 24 hours in the country, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.
According to the Ministry, seven people were killed in four separate attacks in the capital Kabul.
Baryalai Tokhi, an employee of the Presidential Office, was killed on Friday evening while on his way home after mosque.
Unknown armed men gunned down Rafi Osmani a University lecturer early on Saturday morning in PD4 of the city.
In a separate attack, four soldiers were shot dead in the Paghman district of Kabul on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, a 25 year old woman was shot dead in Herat, and Hafizullah, a Tribal elder, was gunned down by unknown armed men on the Kabul-northern highway.
No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The Afghan NDS Chief Zia Saraj stated: “This is concerning, but we have eliminated a group which wanted to carry out an attack on Second Vice President [Sarwar Danish] and civil activists.”