KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, May 25 (Xinhua) -- At least one civilian was killed and nine others wounded in a mortar shelling attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz on Thursday, local officials said.
"Some six rounds of motor shell fired by militants struck provincial capital Kunduz city since early Thursday morning. One shell landed near a school in front of city's police station, causing one student killed and nine others injured," a security source told Xinhua anonymously.
The injured were shifted to Kunduz Regional Hospital where one of the wounded remained in critical condition, the source said, adding that those among the injured were two school children.
He blamed Taliban militant group for the attack.
The restive province, 250 km north of Afghan capital of Kabul, has been the scene of heavy clashes between security forces and Taliban over the past months.
In a separate development, two Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) they were planting in Dasht-e-Archi district, Kunduz province detonated prematurely on Wednesday, Afghan army's Corps 209 Shaheen, based in the region, confirmed earlier on Thursday.
