GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Two women and a child were killed and another two women and a child of the same family injured after a mortar shell hit their home in this capital city of southeastern Pktia province on Thursday.
The mortar was fired during a clash between security forces and Taliban militants in Ibrahimkhel village of Gardez city in the afternoon, said local resident Ibrahim.
A security official said two women and one child had been killed and two women . . .
