{"id":75748,"date":"2021-05-31T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=75748"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T13:00:00","slug":"afghanistan-mortar-attack-on-wedding-party-kills-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/75748-afghanistan-mortar-attack-on-wedding-party-kills-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Mortar attack on wedding party kills 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f3\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f3\u06f9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A mortar shell struck a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan overnight, killing at least six people and wounding four others, a police spokesman said Sunday.<br>Most of the dead were children, spokesman Shayeq Shoresh said.<br>The attack happened in the district of Tagab, in Kapisa province, which has seen intense clashes between Afghan government forces and Taliban militants.<br>Shoresh said the militants had aimed the mortar at an army checkpoint but the shell had missed and hit the wedding ceremony. 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