12 civilians injured as mortar mine slams into residential area in S. Afghanistan
Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:
A dozen civilians, all from the same family sustained injuries as a mortar mine fired by militants struck a house in southern Uruzgan province on Monday, a statement of the provincial governor released here Tuesday said.
"A total of 12 people, all civilians including women and children were injured as a mortar mine struck a house in Deh Rawad district on Monday afternoon," the statement said.
The statement blamed the armed militants for firing the mortar mine and inflicting casualties on civilians. However, Taliban militants who are active in the province have yet to make comment.
Civilians often bear the brunt of war in Afghanistan as nearly 1,000 civilians had been killed and some 2,000 others sustained injuries in the first four months of the current year, a 16 percent increase against the same period last year, UN officials said recently. Endi