Kabul police chief Gen. Zahir Zahir has resigned on Sunday following a series of deadly Taliban foreigner-targeted attacks that has so far, killed at least seven foreign nationals in the past 10 days.

Kabul police spokesperson Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed Zahir's resignation but declined to elaborate on the reason behind it.

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The move comes amid growing tension in the capital as Afghanistan security forces struggle to suppress Taliban insurgence, which has, in recent days, shifted its focus in targeting foreign civilians or militaries, BBC News relayed.

On Sunday, Taliban insurgents stormed a foreign guesthouse of U.S.-based charity Partnership in Academics and Development (PAD). Three South African aid workers had reportedly died from the incident.

According to the militant group, PAD had been targeted primarily for its Christian nature - the  second such attack this year the Talibans had laid siege to a Christian-oriented organization.

Despite this, PAD said it would continue its work in the region.

Sunday's incident marks the third and latest attack carried out against foreign organization in the region.

The Taliban had first attempted to breach the heavily-guarded compound along Jalalabad road where many foreign communities exist but failed to do so.

Since then, the group has chosen softer targets such as the PAD foreign guesthouse, which had little protection.

Earlier this week, militants attacked a compound in Helmand known as Camp Bastion, which had been previously occupied by British forces not more than five weeks ago. Five Afghan soldiers and dozens of insurgents were killed from the fighting.

At least two U.S. soldiers, two British embassy workers and several Afghan civilians have already been killed in separate attacks in the city.

The recent spate of attacks underscores President Ashraf Ghani's struggles in dealing with the Taliban and its allies even as foreign combat troops prepare to pull out of the country by the end of the year.

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