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Attack on UN Convoy Near Kabul Kills 5 Afghan Security Force Members

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - The United Nations confirmed Thursday an attack on its
   convoy in Afghanistan killed at least five members of the local
   security force escorting it.

   The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said its staff and
   vehicles were unhurt in the incident.

   The convoy was traveling in the morning through the Surobi district, 60
   kilometers east of the Afghan capital, Kabul, when unknown gunmen
   ambushed it.

   UNAMA said the attack hit a vehicle of Afghan security personnel
   escorting the convoy. Afghan sources confirmed the assault occurred on
   the main highway linking Kabul to eastern Nangarhar province, saying
   the Afghan security vehicle careened off the road and plunged into a
   river after the driver was shot.

   "The U.N. family in Afghanistan mourns the loss of five Afghan
   Directorate of Protection Service personnel in an incident today in
   Surobi District of Kabul,"UNAMA wrote Thursday on Twitter.

     My thoughts and prayers are with families of officers who died
     offering protection our staff, as they do on so many days. The UN
     has expressed its deepest condolences to Govt of Afghanistanð¦ð«in
     official NV. Violence in [1]#Afghanistan must end.
     -- Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov (@RamizAlakbarov) [2]February 11, 2021

   No one immediately took responsibility for the deadly shooting, which
   comes amid an upsurge in violence in Afghanistan.

   A string of almost daily roadside bombings in Kabul in recent weeks has
   killed high-profile Afghan figures, including government officials,
   judges, journalists and activists.

   The bloodshed comes as U.S.-brokered peace talks in Qatar between the
   Taliban and representatives of the Afghan government have halted since
   early January.

   2020 deal with U.S.

   U.S. President Joe Biden's national security team is reviewing a
   peace-building deal the former Trump administration sealed with the
   Taliban in February 2020.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/RamizAlakbarov/status/1359890499902050307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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