Day of carnage across Afghanistan as Taliban steps up campaign
Kabul — Bombings across three Afghan cities including Kabul killed about 50 people and wounded 100 others on Tuesday, in a day of carnage as Taliban insurgents escalate a deadly winter campaign of violence. At least 11 people died when explosives hidden in a sofa detonated inside the governor’s compound in southern Kandahar during a visit by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to Afghanistan, who escaped the attack with injuries. Five UAE officials were among the dead. Just hours before, twin Taliban blasts in Kabul tore through employees exiting a parliament annex, which houses the offices of legislators, killing at least 30 people and wounding 80 others. And earlier on Tuesday, a Taliban suicide bomber killed seven people in Lashkar Gah, the capital of volatile Helmand province, as the militants ramp up nationwide attacks despite the onset of winter, when fighting usually wanes. The carnage underscores growing insecurity in Afghanistan, where US-backed forces are struggling ...
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