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Urgent: 5 killed in insurgent mortar shelling in N. Afghanistan

Xinhua,January 16, 2018 Adjust font size:

MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Five civilians were killed and 45 others wounded in an insurgent's mortar shelling on a local bazaar in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab on Tuesday, local police said. Enditem