August 24, 2008	Sunday	Sha'aban 21, 1429

KHAR, Aug 23: Five members of a family were killed and six injured when a mortar shell hit a residential compound near Khar in the Bajaur Agency on Saturday.

Local people said the shell fired by security forces landed in the house of one Qasim Jan at about 2:30 pm.

The injured were taken to the district headquarters hospital in Khar.

The attack triggered fear among people and terrified tribesmen again started vacating their houses. Some families had recently returned to their homes.

Officials said that over 200,000 people had been displaced because of the conflict in Bajaur.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that about 14,000 displaced people have moved from the agency to Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

Sources said that security forces continued their operation against the militants on Saturday and pounded their positions in different parts of the region.