3 Children Killed in Mortar Attacks in Helmand, Takhar

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KABUL, 22 May, 2021, (TON): In two separate incidents at Takhar and Helmand provinces, at least three civilians were killed after mortar shells fell on civilian homes. 

In Takhar, one child was killed and two more, including a woman, were wounded when a mortar shell hit a civilian home in Pul-e-Shash Metra area on the outskirts of Taluqan city on Friday evening, Takhar police said in a statement.  

Early on Saturday morning in Helmand, two children were killed and two women were wounded when a mortar shell hit a civilian home in the city of Lashkargah, the center of the province.  Helmand officials so far have not commented on the incident. 

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