Mortar shell fired from Afghanistan hits a house in a border village in northwest Pakistan, killing seven people who were members of the same family, officials say
"The mortar fired from Afghanistan hit the house of local villager Fazal Ghani. He along with his wife and five other members of the family died on spot," a senior Pakistani official says. The dead included three women, three children and a man.
A mortar shell fired from Afghanistan hit a house in a border village in northwest Pakistan Sunday, killing seven people who were members of the same family, officials said. Khan said police and rescue officials helped the villagers retrieve dead bodies when they reached the site.Anwar Ul Haq, a senior government official in the area, confirmed the incident and the death toll and said the mortar was fired from Kunar province, across the border in Afghanistan.Islamabad this week briefly closed the Torkham border crossing after a mortar fired from Afghanistan landed in Pakistan without causing any damage.
Terror attacks in Pakistan plummeted by more than 85 percent over the last decade, from nearly 2,000 in 2009 to fewer than 250 in 2019, according to a tally put together by Pakistani think tanks. Pakistan’s success in tackling terror is essential amid American attempts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and withdraw US troops.
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