KUNDUZ: Taliban-fired mortar shell kills 7 civilians

KABUL (Pajhwok): A Taliban-fired mortar shell has killed seven civilians in northern Kunduz province, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

A statement from the ministry said the Taliban-fired mortar struck a civilian house in the provincial capital on Wednesday night.

Seven civilians including women and children were killed and six others wounded in the incident.

The Taliban have not yet commented on the mortar strike.

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