Two mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan slammed into a Pakistani house on Tuesday, killing at least two women and wounding 12 other people, officials said.
It was the latest in a series of deadly cross-border incidents that
have raised tensions between the neighbouring countries, but it was not
immediately clear who fired the shells.
The mortar rounds exploded in Gabri village, 60 kilometers (40
miles) northwest of Khar, the main town of restive Bajaur tribal
district.
“Two women were killed and 12 other people were wounded when mortar
shells fired from across the border fell into a house,” local
administration official Syed Nasim Shah told a foreign news agency;
meanwhile the administration officials in Khar confirmed the casualties. SANA
