Afghan attacks death toll reaches 42

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Afghan police academy and the U.S. base.

KABUL-Violence surged in Afghanistan over the weekend including three separate bombings in the capital Kabul in one day-a wave of attacks that left at least 77 people dead. The Afghans killed were working for NATO’s Resolute Support mission on Camp Integrity in Kabul.

The Interior Ministry said 10 security guards were injured and three insurgents killed by Afghan security forces as they tried to enter the base.

McKenna had been assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin AFB.

Then a suicide bomber dressed in police uniform attacked a police academy, killing dozens of students.

Meanwhile, in eastern Logar province, a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden truck detonated his payload outside provincial government offices, killing eight people and wounding another 12.

The wave of Friday bombings across the Afghan capital, which killed a total of 49 people and wounded hundreds, follows a week of turmoil in the Taliban movement over its leadership.

The identify of the injured soldier has not been released.

On Saturday, unidentified gunmen clashed with Afghan security forces close to Kabul global airport in the Qasaba area.

U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has also condemned attack terrorist attack in Kabul, noting targeting civilians by terrorists demonstrates they disrespect human rights. The individual is the fifth global service member killed in Afghanistan this year.

A UN report published on Wednesday said civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of 2015.

Nobody has but claimed duty for the explosion, although officers have indicated they believed the Taliban have been behind it. The Taliban typically don’t declare to have organized assaults that kill giant numbers of civilians, particularly ladies and youngsters.

Sayed Zafar Hashimi, the deputy spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, said the wounded included 47 women and 33 children.

Such a complex and coordinated set of attacks appear to suggest a message of intent from the Taliban, at an especially delicate time following last week’s revelation of Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death and the subsequent leadership dispute.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which wounded people in their sleep and damaged homes and shops.

Following the announcement, the Taliban postponed a second round of reconciliation talks with Afghan government representatives scheduled to take place in the Pakistani hill town Murree.

Some Taliban are also unhappy at the thought Mansour may have deceived them for over a year about Omar’s death and others accuse him of riding roughshod over the process to appoint a successor.

Meanwhile, the Taliban insurgency is now in turmoil, following confirmation of the death of its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.

If Pakistan is, as it says, committed to a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban, then the choice of Mullah Mansoor could indicate that the Taliban remain on board.