Grenade attack kills 11 members of Afghan family in Laghman

Nearly a dozen members of an Afghan family, including women and children, have lost their lives in a grenade attack on their house in the country's troubled east.

Officials said the assault had occurred in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman on Sunday, leaving three others wounded as well.

"Eleven people were martyred after two grenades were thrown at their house by unknown gunmen in Laghman's Baad Pakh district," said Sarhadi Zwak, the local governor's spokesman. "All the victims were civilians, women and children among them."

No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

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