Afghanistan's deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat accuses Pakistan of using mortars and heavy weaponry to strike rural areas and civilian homes in the outskirts of the city of Asadabad in Kunar Province, resulting in civilian casualties and injuries.

Afghan deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said that “mortars and other heavy weaponry” were used Sunday afternoon to strike rural areas and civilian homes on the outskirts of the city of Asadabad in Kunar Province