At least 15 members of the Afghan security forces were killed and dozens more were wounded due to widespread incidents of violence in the past 24 hours despite the unofficial ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

In one recent incident of violence, a local commander of the Afghan Local Police was killed alongside ten ALP members as a result of a roadside bomb explosion in Khash district of northern province of Badakhshan.

“Commander Mazari was leading a group of local police forces in Khash and was martyred alongside his forces after hitting a roadside mine,” said Sanaaullah Rouhani, a spokesman for Badakhshan police.

Also, Afghan security officials in the province said that the Taliban’s shadow governor was killed alongside his two men in Khash district.

In Kabul, the Taliban launched an attack on midnight Friday night on Dasht-e-Naseri village of Guldara district of Kabul, killing at least four policemen and wounding another four.

“On Friday afternoon, the Taliban launched an operation in Sarsang and Nawabad villages and a battle broke out and one civilian was wounded,” said Mohammad Qasim Khoshiwal, the deputy head of Logar's provincial council.

Meanwhile, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a statement raised concerns over the surge in the acts of violence and a rise in the number of casualties. He called on the warring factions to exercise restraint.

In the southern part of the country, at least 10 Afghan security forces members were killed on Friday morning in an ambush by the Taliban on the Zabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Qalat, in Zabul province, said Ata Jan Haq Bayan, head of Zabul's provincial council.

“Police personnel are deployed around the city. The area is totally under security coverage,” said Hekmatullah Kochai, the commander of Zabul police.

“We reiterate the call to our opponents to avoid further killings of the Afghans,” said Mohammad Omar Omari, a member of Zabul's provincial council.

This attack also comes as an airstrike in Farah province in the west of the country on Thursday night killed 16 Taliban fighters, according to Farah police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib.

The Taliban attacked an outpost in Deh Yak village on the outskirts of Farah city prior to the airstrike, he said.