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mortar shell hit a house in the Shirzad district of eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province on Friday night.
Ataullah Khogyani, a front man for Nangarhar governor said Saturday, that the incident took place in Shahbaz Khel village of Shirzad district.
According to Khogyani, the mortar shell hit a house belonging to a man named Sardar Malik in which three women and a child were killed.
Locals in the area also claimed that the shell was fired by the Talibs.
Taliban have not yet commented on the incident.
Nangarhar is one of the most insecure regions in Afghanistan where the Taliban and other murderous Moslem groups have massive influence in various parts of the region.