MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Around 40 civilians were killed and injured as a result of mortar shell struck on Jumma Bazaar in the Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Friday.
District Administrative Chief Abdullah Masumi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened early in the morning.
He said it was ascertained who which party fired the shell and added nine bodies and 22 injured had been shifted to the hospital.
Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish said the Taliban fired the mortar . . .
