Rocket attack kills 6 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-26 18:07:30|Editor: Lifang
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Relatives of a victim place a coffin on the roof of a vehicle in Qara Baghi area of the eastern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2018. A total of six civilians, all members of one family, were killed as a rocket hit a residential neighborhood in Qara Baghi area of the eastern Ghazni province on Friday, local TV channel Tolo reported. (Xinhua/Sayed Mominzadah)

KABUL, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of six civilians, all members of one family, were killed as a rocket hit a residential neighborhood in Qara Baghi area of the eastern Ghazni province on Friday, local TV channel Tolo reported.

"Six members of one family were killed and two others wounded when a rocket hit their home in Qara Baghi village on the outskirts of provincial capital Ghazni city on Friday," Tolo reported.

Citing a statement of Ghazni police, the TV said that the Taliban militants had fired the rocket that struck a house and claimed six lives, all civilians.

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