Provincial officials in eastern Afghanistan say 11 members of an Afghan family have been killed by a grenade attack on their home.

Authorities say the dead were all civilians and the victims included women and children.

Sarhadi Zwak, the spokesman for the governor of Laghman Province, told RFE/RL that unknown gunman late at night on February 19 threw two hand grenades into the family's home in the province's Baad Pakh district.

Zwak said 10 of the family members were killed inside their home.

Health official Abdul Latif Qayyomi said the 11th family member died while being rushed to a hospital in neighboring Nangarhar province.

Three other relatives were wounded by the blasts.

The attack took place in an area known as Marwat Kace, which is to the north of the main highway between Kabul and Jalalabad.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

With reporting by AFP

</s>AT-KABUL: At least 10 members of a single family were killed and four others wounded after unknown men threw grenades at their house in eastern Laghman province, provincial officials said Monday.

“10 member of a family including women and children were killed after unknown attacker tossed hand grenades in a residential house in the Badpakh district,” said Laghman Governor Spokesman Sarhadi Zwak.

He said that the incident occurred in Morwat Kas area last night and the attackers threw two grenades at their house.

Four people were also wounded during the incident and shifted to Nangarhar hospital for treatment, he added.

Police started investigation over the case, he noted.</s>Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in the country's volatile east, officials said Monday.

The attack, which left three others wounded, occurred in Laghman province on Sunday but no militant group has so far claimed responsibility.

“Eleven people were martyred after two grenades were thrown at their house by unknown gunmen in Laghman's Baad Pakh district,” the local governor's spokesman Sarhadi Zwak told AFP.

“All the victims were civilians, women and children among them,” Zwak added.

One of them died of his wounds while being rushed to a hospital in neighbouring Nangarhar province, said health official Abdul Latif Qayyomi.

Civilian casualties in 2016 were the highest recorded by the UN since 2009, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants killed or wounded.

Twelve civilians, including eight children returning from school, were killed on Friday in a roadside bombing in the eastern province of Paktika.

The UN last week voiced alarm over the recent killing of 25 other civilians in the southern province of Helmand, most of them in US air strikes.</s>The attack, which left 3 others wounded, occurred in Laghman province on Sunday but no militant group has so far claimed responsibility. "11 people were martyred after two grenades were thrown at their house by unknown gunmen in Laghman's Baad Pakh district," the local governor's spokesperson told AFP.

Start the conversation, or Read more at The Times of India.</s>At least ten people belonging to a single family were killed by unknown gunmen in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan.

According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Sunday night in Badpakh district.

Provincial governor’s spokesman Sarhadi Zwak confirmed the incident and said unknown gunmen hurled hand grenades on a residential house in Marwat Kas area.

He said at least four people also sustained injuries in the attack.

According to Zwak, a number of women and children are also among those killed or wounded in the incident.

The main motive behind the incident has not been ascertained so far but the local officials are saying that an investigation is underway to arrest the perpetrators.

No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility behind the attack and it is yet not clear if it was an act of insurgency or the brutal killing of the family members had personal enmity links.

Laghman is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the security situation of some its remote districts have been witnessing instability and violence during the recent years.

Follow Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan News Agency on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook. Stay updated via RSS</s>At least 10 civilians were killed and four wounded in a grenade attack in Laghman province of Afghanistan, an official said on Monday.

“Unknown men hurled two hand-grenades into a house in Badpakh district on Sunday evening,” the official said, according to Xinhua news agency.

The motive behind the attack remained unknown.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.

More than 3,490 civilians were killed and over 7,920 injured in conflict-related incidents across Afghanistan last year, said the UN mission in Afghanistan.</s>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.

Afghanistan remains gripped by insecurity more since the 2001 US-led military invasion of the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

The war removed the Taliban from power, but terror and instability is still rampant in the Asian nation despite the presence of thousands of foreign troops.

Civilian casualties in 2016 were the highest recorded by the United Nations since 2009, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants killed or wounded.
At least 11 people, all belonging to the same family, are killed in a grenade attack on their home in Laghman Province, according to provincial officials.