[ToloNews] Violence continues to surge despite peace efforts, and at least 13 people bit the dust and 25 more were maimed in different security incidents in various parts of the country in the last 24 hours, according to officials.
Kabul, Paktia, Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman .The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property. After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
, Kandahar and Khost province
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... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
s witnessed security incidents since Saturday evening.
In Kabul, an Afghan Air Force member, Sefatullah Faqir, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunnies on Saturday evening. A policeman was killed in the city of Kandahar by unidentified gunnies on Sunday morning.
Laghman, Khost and Paktia provinces witnessed explosions on Sunday afternoon in which three security force members were killed and 22 more, including 14 civilians, were maimed.
Kabul’s Police District 5, where the Air Force member was killed, has witnessed many assassinations in recent months, according to its residents, who say less attention has been paid to the security of this part of the city.
"There isn’t a single day that we don’t witness a killing or other incident," said Ajmal, a resident of Qala-e-Daud area in Kabul’s district 5.
"We get upset when we see people killed. We want peace," said Agha Jan, a resident of Kabul’s district 5.
Meanwhile,
...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw...
a prosecutor was killed in an attack by unidentified gunnies in Khost province on Saturday evening, officials said. Atiqullah was 35 years old and worked as a civilian prosecutor for the last five years.
He is survived by a son and two daughters.
"Our enemy should be found. The perpetrator should be found. This is Gardez," said Samiullah, Atiqullah’s nephew.
"The security in Gardez is so weak," said Sher Ahmad, Atiqullah’s uncle.
Taliban
 ...Arabic for students ...
launched attacks in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
and Faryab provinces, during which seven security force members were killed and four more were maimed, according to local officials.
"They attacked the Dahan-e-Dara dam in Faryab province in which two security guards of the dam were killed and another was maimed," said Nizam Khpulwak, front man for the National Water Management Authority.
In Laghman province, a security forces armored vehicle struck a roadside kaboom that left three force members dead. Also, four members of the public uprising forces were maimed in a kaboom that targeted their vehicle in Paktia province on Sunday.
"People are tired of war. There should be peace. The warring sides should know that they are killing their own Afghans," said Sadiq Qaderi, an MP.
Afghans have called on the warring parties to agree on a ceasefire and make better use of upcoming conferences on peace. 
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