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A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul have killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death.

The target appeared to be a vehicle carrying a foreign citizen, a security source and witness said.

At least one woman and two children were among those killed in the attack, said Najib Danish of the interior ministry. Scores of others were wounded.

The attacks took place in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal region, hours after a suicide attack killed 18 people, including the home minister of the northeastern Punjab province.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani excoriated Pakistan on Monday about a recently occurred insurgent attacks in the capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 56.

While nine casualties were reported at the US base, Camp Integrity, including one global service member and eight Afghan contractors Nato-led coalition forces confirmed.

The new Taliban leader scored an important victory Thursday, however, when al Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri – one of the most prominent jihadists in the world – pledged allegiance to the Taliban.

“We pledge our allegiance to our lord, leader of the faithful, Mullah Muhammad Akhtar Mansoor, may God protect him”, Zawahiri said.

A suspected suicide auto bombing at a busy intersection near the entrance to Kabul’s worldwide airport today has killed at least five people and wounded another 16, said Afghan officials.

A number of other Natoservice members and foreign contracted civilians were wounded in the Friday night attack, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation spokesman Coonel.

A vehicle bomb exploded at the entrance Kabul’s the global airport Monday, killing at least five people in the latest bloodshed following a 24-hour blitz of Taliban bombings and attacks last week.

The acknowledgment, made in a statement released by Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, came a day after Afghanistan’s government announced that the reclusive Islamic cleric had died in April 2013.

At least five people were killed Monday when a Taliban suicide auto bomber struck near the entrance of Kabul’s worldwide airport, the latest in a wave of lethal bombings in the Afghan capital.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed dozens of cadets at the police academy but no claim was made for the other attacks.

A auto bomb exploded at the entrance Kabul’s the worldwide airport Monday, killing at least five people in the latest bloodshed following a 24-hour blitz of Taliban bombings and attacks last week.