All the deadly incidents happened in the shape of suicide attack and roadside bombing -- the lethal tactic rarely checked by security forces.
In the first attack which took place in the Khost province, some 150 km southeast of Afghan capital Kabul, at 07:30 a.m. local time (0300 GMT), three people were killed and 23 others sustained injuries.
"Three dead bodies and 23 injured persons had been taken to hospital in Khost city," director for Khost provincial health department, Hidayatullah Hamidi told Xinhua.
A senior police officer Mohammad Zahir was killed in the blast, according to his family members.
Afghan Interior Ministry also confirmed in a statement that three people including two policemen and a civilian were killed in the suicide attack that targeted police force in Khost provincial capital the Khost city Saturday morning.
The suicide bomber was also killed in his blast.
In the second blast that jolted Taliban birthplace Kandahar, some 450 km south of capital Kabul, 15 non-combatants were killed and another was injured, according to Interior Ministry of Afghanistan.
"The bloody incident occurred at around 10:00 a.m. local time ( 0530 GMT) Saturday when a civilian mini-bus ran over a roadside bomb in Arghandab district. As a result 15 civilians including eight children, four women and three men were killed and a woman was wounded," said a statement issued here in Afghan capital Kabul by Interior Ministry.
The third bloody attack occurred in Ghazni province, some 125 km south of Kabul, at 12:30 local time (0800 GMT) but hurt civilians, according to police.
"I confirm that a passerby civilian was killed and four children, all pupils of a school were injured in the blast," provincial police chief Zarawar Zahid told Xinhua.
However, he did not say if the blast was a suicide attack, saying investigation is underway.
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