Mortar shells from Afghanistan land in Kurram Agency

Published November 2, 2015
This is the second such incident with the last one being reported in May─ Reuters/File
This is the second such incident with the last one being reported in May─ Reuters/File

PESHAWAR: Three mortar shells fired from Afghanistan landed in Pakistan's Kurram agency early Monday morning.

According to security sources, the shells were fired from Afghanistan's Paktika province and landed in Kurram agency, the tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.

However no loss of life or property was reported in today's incident.

This is the second such incident this year with the previous shelling being reported in May when unidentified miscreants hit Kurram Agency headquarters hospital and power transmission lines creating panic among the residents.

Kurram is one of the most sensitive tribal areas as it borders three Afghan provinces and at one point was one of the key routes for militant movement across the border.

The region was claimed by the military to have been cleared of insurgents during an operation a couple of years ago, however, militants still carry out sectarian attacks and also target security forces occasionally.

The tribal agency is adjacent to North Waziristan region where the operation Zarb-i-Azb is in progress against the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other insurgent groups.

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