12 killed in Afghan air strike, mortar attack

A provincial council member in Maidan Wardak, Sharifullah Hotak, said that civilians were killed in a mortar attack on a house in Sayed Abad district and an airstrike in Jalriz district, Report informs, referring to TOLO News.

“At least eight members of one family were killed in an airstrike in Zorlang village in Jalriz district,” Hotak said. “In another incident in Sayed Abad district, four members of one family were killed, and three more were wounded when a mortar hit their house.”

Former president Hamid Karzai in a statement, condemned civilian casualties in the two incidents and reiterated his call to warring parties to end violence and use the current opportunity for peace.

Analysts said that violence has increased following the announcement of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs claims that 63 civilians Taliban blasts and suicide bombings in the last 11 days killed 63 civilians.