Cross-border attack kills two in Khar

Mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan hit a house in Khar on Thursday killing two people and wounding several children, officials said. They blamed Pakistani Taliban, saying the militants are hiding in eastern Afghanistan and launching across the border attacks on Pakistani troops.
Six people including three children were wounded. In the latest attack, four mortar shells hit the house in Banda-Gai village in Mamoond area, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north-west of Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal district. "Two people including a woman were killed and six others were injured. Militants fired the mortars across the border from Afghan side," Tariq Khan, a senior administrative official, told AFP. "They are Pakistani militants hiding there in Afghanistan."