At least six members of a single family were killed or wounded after a mortar round impacted a residential house in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.

The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said the incident has taken place in the vicinity of Deh Yak district.

The statement further added that a mortar round fired by the terrorists impacted a residential house in Tasang village, leaving of the family dead.

According to 203rd Thunder Corps, at least four other members of the same family were also wounded in the incident.

The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militants have not commented regarding the incident so far.

Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern parts of the country where the Taliban militants and other militant and terrorist groups including ISIS loyalists are active in some of its districts and often carry out terrorist related activities.