6 Dead As Taliban-Fired Shell Hits Afghan Wedding: Officials

The incident happened late Saturday in Afghanistan's Kapisa province when a shell aimed at an army checkpoint hit a house where a crowd had gathered for a wedding, officials said.

A mortar bomb fired by the Taliban struck a wedding ceremony in a province north of the Afghan capital, killing at least six people including women and children, officials said on Sunday. The incident happened late Saturday in Kapisa province when a shell aimed at an army checkpoint hit a house where a crowd had gathered for a wedding, officials said. "Six civilians were killed and four were wounded when a Taliban terrorist rocket hit a wedding ceremony in Kapisa province," defence ministry spokesman Fawad Aman said on Twitter. The dead included women and children, said Kapisa governor's spokesman Shayeq Shoresh, who also blamed the Taliban for the attack.