No less than 4 civilians had been killed after mortar shells fired from throughout the border landed in a residential space of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in line with native and safety sources.
The incident occurred within the Lati (Tari Pasha) space of Salarzai tehsil close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Native sources stated the shelling was carried out from the Afghan aspect, and one of many mortar shells hit a home within the civilian space.
Because of the assault, 4 individuals current in the home had been killed on the spot. Sources stated the victims, recognized as Sajid, Ayaz, Riaz, and Muaz, had been brothers.
Safety sources acknowledged that the mortar shells had been allegedly fired by Afghan forces and landed within the border areas of Salarzai and close by localities in Bajaur.
One other individual was critically injured within the assault and was instantly shifted to a close-by hospital the place he’s receiving medical therapy, hospital sources confirmed.
Sources added that tensions have risen amongst residents of Bajaur following the cross-border assault. Safety officers stated Pakistan’s armed forces are responding strongly to what they described as cowardly assaults by Afghan Taliban forces.
