Colleagues mourn beside the body of a female police officer who was killed by suspected Taliban militants in Kandahar city, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2019. Suspected Taliban militants shot and killed two Afghan female police officers in Kandahar, capital city of southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, local police confirmed. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. (Xinhua) -- Suspected Taliban militants shot and killed two Afghan female police officers in Kandahar, capital city of southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, local police confirmed.

"Terrorists shot at two woman police officers in Chawk-e-Madad neighborhood, Police District 1 of the city at morning rush hour. We pay tributes to martyred officers' sacrifices and condemn this gruesome act of terror," provincial police spokesman Jamal Barakzai told Xinhua.

The policewomen were on their way to duty in Arghandab district, in the north of Kandahar city, before being shot in the latest targeted attack.

The attackers riding a motorcycle fled the scene and an investigation has been undertaken, the police official added.

He blamed enemies of peace, referring to the Taliban militant group, for the attack.

Over the past months, big Afghan cities have witnessed a spate of terror attacks by the Taliban insurgents and Islamic State (IS) outfit opposing the government.