A female doctor has been killed in a bomb blast in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in what appeared to be another targeted attack, days after three female media workers were shot dead in the area. Journalists, religious scholars, activists and judges have been victims of a recent wave of political killings across Afghanistan, forcing many into hiding, with some fleeing the country. In the latest incident, the doctor was killed after a magnetic bomb was attached to the vehicle in which she was travelling, according to a spokesperson for the provincial governor’s office. A child was also injured by the explosion. “She was commuting in a rickshaw when the bomb went off,” the spokesperson said. The blast was claimed by the local affiliate of Islamic State, according to the Site Intelligence Group. The jihadist group reportedly said the victim had been “working as an apostate Afghan intelligence element”. On Tuesday three female media workers were shot dead in Jalalabad in separate attacks minutes apart. Those attacks were also claimed by Isis. Afghan and US officials have previously blamed the Taliban for the wave of violence, but the group has repeatedly denied the charges. The killings have been acutely felt by women, whose rights were crushed under the Taliban’s five-year rule, including being banned from working. Intelligence officials have previously linked the renewed threat against female professionals to demands at peace talks for their rights to be protected. The attacks come as speculation is rife over the US’s future in Afghanistan after the Biden administration announced plans to review the withdrawal agreement signed with the Taliban last year that paved the way for foreign troops to leave the country by May.