Five children were injured in a mortar attack in Zabul province.

Taliban fighters fired several mortar shells in the Mardian area from downtown Qalat, but the Taliban group has said it was not behind the attacks, provincial police chief Wais Samimi said.

Officials at Zabul Provincial Hospital say five injured, all of them children,have been taken to the hospital.

Sources say clashes between security forces and Taliban fighters in the Seng area of ​​the province have destroyed a number of shops and caused extensive damage.

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