Afghan mortar wounds four: Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Four Pakistanis including two children were wounded on Monday when a mortar shell fired from Afghanistan struck a village near the border, Pakistani security officials said.
It was the latest incident in a series of alleged cross-border attacks that have raised tensions between the neighbours as officials confirmed exploratory peace contacts between Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban.
The officials said the shell hit Bangedar village in the Ghulam Khan district of North Waziristan.
"The fire came from an Afghan border post in Khost province early this morning," said local government official Mohammed Khan.
"One injured person is in a critical condition," said doctor Mubarak Khan at the main hospital in Miranshah, adding that two children aged eight and 13 were among those wounded.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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