Mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan hit a house in Bajaur Agency on Thursday, killing two people and injuring several children, officials said. They blamed the Taliban, saying the militants were hiding in eastern Afghanistan and launching across the border attacks on troops.
Six people including three children were injured. In the latest attack, four mortar shells hit the house in Banda-Gai village in Mamoond area of Bajaur. “Two people including a woman were killed and six others were injured. Militants fired the mortars across the border from the Afghan side,” Tariq Khan, a senior administrative official, told AFP. “They are Pakistani militants hiding there in Afghanistan.” Shah Naseem, another official, said the target of the attack was troops at the border but they remained safe and the shells missed them.
