At least 14 killed as mortars hit Afghan market
"Fourteen civilians were killed and 40 -- including women and children -- were wounded," Rezaee said.
Kabul: At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a busy market in northern Afghanistan was hit by mortar fire, officials said Saturday.
Several Taliban shells hit the market Friday morning in the Khwaja Sabz Posh district of Faryab province, according to Hanif Rezaee, an Afghan army spokesman.
"Fourteen civilians were killed and 40 -- including women and children -- were wounded," Rezaee told AFP.
He said the Taliban had been trying to hit an army checkpoint near the market. The insurgent group did not immediately comment.
Naem Musamim, Faryab´s public health director, said 14 bodies and 39 wounded people including four children had been taken to local hospitals. Some victims with critical injuries were airlifted to hospitals in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province.
The deadly incidents come as the war between the Taliban and Afghan security forces rages on, even as Taliban officials are meeting with US negotiators in Doha in a bid to bring about an end to the conflict.
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