Officials says seven civilians were killed as a result of a mortar shell attack and two bombing incidents in war-torn Afghanistan, on Friday.
In the country’s southern Helmand province, a mortar shell landed in a residential house in Nahr-e-Saraj district overnight, killing three members of a family.
Those killed included a woman and two children, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Zaman Hamdard and councillor Ataullah Afghan said.
Another six civilians were wounded.
In the early morning, a landmine killed a civilian who was collecting firewood in Patu district of the country’s central province of Daikundi, provincial police spokesman Gul Agha Sajadi said.
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed three civilians in the capital of the north-eastern province of Kapisa on Thursday evening, police spokesman Shayeq Shorish said.
Officials blame the Taliban for the attacks, but the insurgent group has not yet commented.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues between the government and the militants across several Afghan provinces, causing the displacement of thousands of families in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
Afghanistan was in a state of uncertainty after U.S. President Joe Biden announced that U.S. troops would pull out from the country by Sept. 11, after almost 20 years. NATO agreed to follow suit.
Almost 10,000 NATO soldiers from the resolute support training mission including 2,500 soldiers from the U.S. and around 1,100 from Germany, the two biggest contingents were due to leave the country.
Since the withdrawal officially began on May 1, the Taliban had intensified attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases and checkpoints. (dpa/NAN)
