Several rockets fired by militants in Pakistan at villages across the border in eastern Afghanistan killed a child and wounded 13 others on Friday, officials said.
One of a number of rockets apparently targeting a base of US-led troops landed near a house in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, killing the child and wounding another five, provincial governor Fazlulah Wahidy said. Several other rockets hit Asmar district in Asadabad, wounding seven civilians, Wahidy said.
"These rockets were fired from across the border. They fire the rockets and then escape," Wahidy told AFP. Separately, 10 rockets landed near the base of Afghan militia forces hired by US-led coalition troops in Khost province, wounding a soldier, provincial spokesman Khaibar Pashtun told AFP. "They fired rockets from within Pakistan," Pashtun said.