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Afghanistan: Taliban mortar attack leaves 9 people wounded 
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Afghanistan: Taliban mortar attack leaves 9 people wounded 

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 09 Aug 2020, 05:54 am
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.