Rockets hit Afghanistan cattle market killing several civilians

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A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province has killed 23 people, officials say

In this file photo, Afghan police is seen at the site of an explosion in a mosque, June 12, 2020, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The statement from the office of the governor, General Mohammad Yasin, did not provide further details and there was no claim of responsibility for the attack.A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, denied the insurgents were involved in the bombing. The Taliban claimed the military fired mortars into the market while the military said a car bomb and mortar shells fired by the insurgents targeted the civilians.

“The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan once again calls on the Taliban to refrain from war and violence and to accept the will of the Afghan people, which is the end of the war and the start of negotiations," Ghani's statement said.Khushakyar, who goes by a single name, said he was trying to sell a calf when the rockets hit the market. He said his two nephews were killed and his son was wounded.

 

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Is it me or ever since that Taliban peace talk or that prisoners exchange between whom I can't remember that Afghanistan has seen a series of such attacks and incidents?

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