Several attacks occured during the Afghan parliamentary election and resulted in several casualties, which show the intensified activities by Taliban, Afghan officials said on Tuesday.

"Some Taliban militants attacked one police vehicle at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Gazab district of Afghan southern Daikondi province. Three police and one Taliban have been killed, and three police injured including the district police chief," Haji Khan Mohammad, provincial governor of the neighboring Uruzgan province told Xinhua.

One the same day, another firefight between Taliban and Afghan police broke out in southern Zabul province.

"The firefight broke out in Mizan district of Zabul this afternoon, in which three Taliban militants were killed," Haji Mohammad Yonus, the district chief of Mizan told Xinhua.

According to a local TV station, two Afghans have been arrested in Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday with some explosives. It is said that they have planned to make a suicide explosion against Afghan Interior Minister, for which they have rented the house, the taxi, and stayed in Kabul for three weeks.

The spokesman of Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said on Sunday that militants had launched dozens of attacks around the process of parliamentary election.

With the commencement of the Afghan first-ever parliamentary election on September 18 after more than 3 decades, Taliban intensified the attack against Afghan and foreign troops. More than 1,200 with the majority of Taliban militants have been killed during the past six months.

Source: Xinhua