“Kill and deny” strategy; Taliban are behind most deadly attacks

A surge in target killing of high profile figures and government officials intensifies since the US and the Taliban peace deal signed on February 29. No American soldier has been killed ever since the February US-Taliban agreement whereas a deadly violence continue to claim Afghan lives. In most recent case of target killing, unknown gunmen killed Yosuf Rashid, the executive director of Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on December 22, in the capital Kabul. As many as four journalists were shot dead in just two months.

The Taliban denied responsibility for deadly complex attacks, which killed civilians, and targeted killings.