Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight

Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight

KABUL (Reuters) – A mortar bomb hit a secondary school in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Monday, killing at least three pupils and wounding eight, the education ministry said in a statement.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, which coincided with the start of a meeting in Pakistan aimed at getting a stalled peace process with the Taliban back on track.

Khost, on the border with Pakistan,…

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Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight