One civilian has been killed and six others were injured after Taliban militants fired a mortar shell at a residential area in the Alisheng district of Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, local governor's spokesman Asadullah Dawlatzai told Sputnik on Tuesday
KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th May, 2020) One civilian has been killed and six others were injured after Taliban militants fired a mortar shell at a residential area in the Alisheng district of Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, local governor's spokesman Asadullah Dawlatzai told Sputnik on Tuesday.
According to Dawlatzai, the Taliban militants fired the mortar, hitting the residential building, at around 3.30 p.m. (11:00 GMT).
As a result of the attack, a 12-year-old boy has been killed and six others, including three girls and their mother, sustained injuries, the spokesman added.
The Taliban denied any involvement in the incident.
