Officials: Separate attacks kill 8 people in Afghanistan

 A string of attacks on Tuesday in Afghanistan killed four government employees and four policemen, officials said. one immediately claimed responsibility for attacks.

In capital, Kabul, gunmen opened fire in Bagh-e Daud neighborhood and killed four employees of ministry for rural development, according to Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for city's police chief.

police are investigating, he said. Elsewhere in Kabul, a sticky bomb attached to a car exploded, wounding ar government employee, he ded.

Also Tuesday, four police officers were killed and a fifth was wounded when ir vehicle struck a roside bomb in western Herat province's Zenda Jan district, said Wahid Qatali, provincial goverr.

Violence in Afghanistan has been relentless while peace talks between Taliban and government representatives that have been underway in Qatar for months have w stalled. re has also been a nationwide spike in bombings, targeted killings and violence on battlefield.

Islamic State group has also increased its attacks in Kabul lately. Most recently, it claimed responsibility for bombing targeting mirity Sikhs on Saturday in Afghan capital. Two members of Sikh community were killed in blast, which struck a store in central Kabul.

With growing threats from IS, Afghanistan's once-thriving community of Sikhs and Hindus has dwindled from as many as 250,000 members to fewer than 700. Last March, a lone IS gunman rampd through a Sikh house of worship in heart of Kabul, killing 25 worshippers and wounding eight. (AP) RS RS