January 18, 2014 08:44 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:40 pm IST - Kabul
Four players for a local football team were killed on Saturday, and three others were wounded, when a rocket fired by the Taliban hit the field where they were playing in southern Afghanistan, an official said.
“The rocket landed on a football field at 5 pm (1230 GMT) in Maiwand district,” said Javed Faisal, spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province.
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