ASADABAD, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least three persons were killed and about 50 others wounded on Thursday in a mortar attack in Asadabad city, capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, as the country celebrated the Independence Day, sources said.
The attack occurred in the morning after two mortar rounds fired by militants struck near the provincial government office building in the mountainous province, 185 km east of Afghan capital of Kabul.
"A celebration was underway in the governor office building to mark the Independence Day. At around 10:30 a.m. local time, two mortars struck near the building, causing two children and a man killed and 50 others wounded," a security source told Xinhua anonymously.
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