31 October 2016

News Story: 7 family members killed, another injured as mortar mine hits residential area in N. Afghanistan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Seven members of a family were killed and another injured as a mortar mine struck a house in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern Afghan province of Baghlan on Sunday, a local official said.

"A mortar mine fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Baghlan-e-Markazi district at around noon leaving seven members of the family dead and injured another," district governor Gohar Khan Babiri told reporters here.

Those who have lost their lives in the deadly attack include three women and four children, the official said.

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