The German Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Wednesday an attack on a private educational facility in the Afghan capital, which claimed lives of almost 50 people.

All warring parties in Afghanistan must provide guarantees that aid workers will be able to operate freely in the besieged city of Ghazni, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto said in a press release on Wednesday.

Over 70 members of the Afghan Security Forces were killed, while dozens others were injured in clashes with militants of the Taliban radical movement over past 24 hours in the country's provinces of Baghlan, Kandahar and Zabul, local media reported on Wednesday.

At least 10 students killed in a suicide attack on Kabul education center, local media reported citing security sources.

The Taliban Islamist movement, which is active in Afghanistan, announced on Wednesday its decision to cease cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), local media reported.

At least 10 people, including six children, have been killed in two blasts in Afghanistan, media reported on Wednesday, citing local authorities.

Optimistic assessments of US progress in the 16-year Afghan war belie stunning battlefield losses in recent weeks that reflect a shift in the conflict from stalemate to probable defeat of American-backed forces, the private intelligence firm Soufan Group said in a new report on Tuesday.