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Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism Afghanistan: Taliban mortar attack leaves 9 people wounded
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 09 Aug 2020, 04:54 am Print
UN website
Kabul: At least nine members of a family were wounded as a mortar round fired by Taliban militants landed on their house in Afghanistan, media reports said.
The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Taliban militants fired a mortar round which impacted a civilian house in Sherzad district of Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported.
The statement further added that the Taliban militants fired the mortar round on Saturday which landed on a civilian house Angar area of Sherzad district, the Afghanistan-based news agency reported.
The Taliban group did not comment on the matter so far.
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