At least 10 students were killed and injured in a rocket attack in Alengar district of Laghman province today. Mohammad Azrat Mojadadi, provincial director of education, told Killid that Taleban fired a mortar round earlier today which hit a school in Basram area of the district, killing at least two students and injuring eight others. He added that the injured were transferred to central provincial hospital and they were in stable condition. Meanwhile residents claim that the mortar round was fired by Afghan National Army not Taleban. Taleban militants have not commented on the incident so far.
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