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8 children wounded in Helmand mortar fire

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Eight children were injured on Wednesday when a stray mortar landed on a street in southern Helmand province.

Four of the children were said to be in critical condition after they sustained wounds in the mortar strike in Greskh district, said the governor’s spokesman.

Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News the area where the incident took place was under the government’s control and the Taliban had fired the mortar from a nearby area under their control.

A resident of Greskh district . . .

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