A Taliban rocket attack slammed into Afghan eastern Assadabad city, the capital of Kunar province, 185 km east of Kabul on Thursday, leaving one person dead and six others injured, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhili said.

"A rocket fired by Taliban militants slammed into Assadabad city at around 10:00 a.m. local time today, killing one person and wounding six others," Sayedkhili told reporters.

All the victims are innocent civilians, he added.

Civilians often bear the brunt of war in Afghanistan as nearly a dozen civilians have lost their lives and more than 40 others sustained injuries in violent suicide bombings in the capital city Kabul over the past one week.

Taliban militants fighting the government have yet to claim responsibility for the rocket attack. Endi

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