Eleven civilians were killed and wounded in insurgent attack in Kunar province, east of Afghanistan on Monday, according to a statement issued by Afghan Interior Ministry .

It said that the enemies of peace and stability, a term usually referred to Afghan Taliban insurgents, fired four rounds of mortar on Wata Pour district, Kunar province Monday morning. Interior Ministry in the statement described it as a coward act of terrorism and condemned it.

Targeting civilians is a clear sign of the weakness of insurgents and such attacks can never weaken the spirit of cooperation between Afghan people and their security forces, the statement added.

The mountainous Kunar and the neighboring Nuristan province along the border with Pakistan's tribal area have been regarded as Taliban hotbed in east Afghanistan.