Afghanistan’s defense minister says the government forces would switch from ‘defense mode’ to offensive if the Taliban militant group does not stop attacks by the end of the week.

A bomb detonated near the Qandahar home of a brother of former president Hamid Karzai on Sunday evening, hours after three other blasts in the Afghan capital killed at least one person and injured more than a dozen others.

The Afghan Minister of Defense Asadullah Khalid says he supports the peace talks only if the sacrifices of Afghan forces are respected.

The acting minister of defense of Afghanistan Asadullah met with the external affairs minister of India Sushma Swaraj.