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Two Logar children killed in ANDSF mortar fire: source
Two children were killed and three others wounded when a mortar hit their house on Sunday night in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, a security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told ArianaNews
According to the source the mortar was fired by ANDSF.
However, residents in the area said that three civilians were killed and six others wounded in the incident.
Afghan forces have not commented.
This comes after Abdul Zahir, Police Chief of Laghman’s Dawlat Shah District, was killed accidentally by Afghan forces’ artillery fire on Sunday afternoon, Laghman governor said.
Laghman Governor Rahmatullah Yarmal told Ariana News that the Afghan forces were targeting Taliban strongholds but due to a “technical issue a mortar shell hit the position of the police commander in the area.”
Yarmal stated that one of Zahir’s bodyguards was also killed in the incident.