One woman was killed and four children were injured after a mortar round hit a house in Achin District in Nangarhar Province on June 5, reports Tolo News. Acting Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid who visited the wounded children said that the mortar was fired by Islamic State (IS) militants in the area. According to UN statistics, last year (2018) over 600 Afghan children were killed and 1,500 others wounded during the conflict.