TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Five civilians were killed including women in Khwaja Bahauddin district of northeastern Takhar province, officials said on Thursday.
Police official Mahfuzullah Akbari told Pajhwok Afghan News insurgents stormed a local police check post in Lala Guzar area of Khwaja Bahauddin district.
He said the insurgents fired mortars at the checkpoint and one of the shells struck a civilian home, killing five memberes of a family, including women and children.
He said another three people wounded in the incident had been evacuated to hospital . . .
