Four Soldiers Killed While Several Civilians Injured Due to Afghan Mortar Shelling

WANA/LANDIKOTAL: Four Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were killed when several rounds of artillery and mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan fell in the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan Agency on Tuesday.

Also, mortar shells fired from the Afghan side injured nine people in Landikotal Tehsil of Khyber Agency, official and local sources said. Security officials said the shells fired from Afghanistan’s Paktika province landed in villages near the border town of Angoor Adda in South Waziristan. Some of the artillery and mortar shells hit the border security posts manned by the FC soldiers.

Security officials said four FC men died when some artillery rounds fell on their post in Angoor Adda. The names of slain soldiers could not be ascertained. There was no information about any retaliation by the Pakistani security forces deployed on the border with Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, at least nine people, including a child, were injured when several mortar shells fired from Afghanistan hit a playground in Landikotal town in Khyber Agency and also fell in front of a mosque in a nearby village.

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