Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday morning reported three explosions within three hours which killed two people, including an influential cleric in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported

At least one civilian and a security force member were killed in an IED bomb explosion that targeted an army vehicle in Kabul on Monday afternoon, reported TOLOnews

An IED explosion on Monday morning targeted an official of the Afghan peace ministry in Kabul, TOLOnews reported

At least eight members of Afghan Security Forces were killed on Saturday in a car bomb explosion in eastern Nangarhar province, TOLOnews said. The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack

Hours after a senior Taliban leader called him an “obstacle” in the peace process, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he was a “champion” of peace, not an obstacle to it, reported TOLOnews

The Taliban on Friday said they see the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government as “the main hurdle” in the Afghan Peace Process, accusing Afghan President Ashraf Ghani of unwilling to transfer power to the next government, Tolonews reported

The Taliban are not meeting their commitments under the US-Taliban deal, said the United States Department of Defence (Pentagon)

In another incident of targeted killings, two government employees in Afghanistan were gunned down by unknown insurgents in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, TOLOnews reported

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council For National Reconciliation, offered prisoner release, and delisting of the Taliban leaders from the UN blacklist if the insurgent group agree to peace, reported TOLOnews

Nadery Nadery, a prominent member of the Afghan government negotiation team, made a strong remark against the Taliban, saying the insurgent group members were not “showing interest in attending formal meetings” in Doha, Qatar

In an apparent criticism of the United States’ approach to the Afghan Peace Process,  Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan Bahadur Aminian said the peace process needed to come out “of the monopoly of certain countries.”

An Italian embassy vehicle carrying the embassy’s Afghan employees was hit by an IED bomb on Monday morning, TOLOnews reported

Just days after the new administration, led by US President Joe Biden, took charge in the United States, the country made it clear it would review the US-Taliban deal, signed last year by the Trump Administration

Days after Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh proposed executing Taliban prisoners to stop targeted killings, the Taliban warned the government of severe consequences, saying the peace process and executions can’t move at the same time

For weeks now the Afghan government has been struggling to get its annual budget passed by parliament