MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Five members of a family have been killed and six others wounded as a result of mortar attack by Taliban militants in the Alishang district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday.
Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the morter shell fired by Taliban hit a civilian home in Shamsakhel area of the district at around 7:00 pm late on Sunday.
He said five members of a family were killed and six others wounded. Children and
