At least 7 people including four children and two women were killed on Monday as the roof of two adjacent houses collapsed in Bajaur Agency's Khar area, officials said.

Six others were also injured by falling debris.

According to local administration, the debris fell on both sides of a wall dividing the houses of Gul Khan and Muner Khan.

The injured have been recovered from the rubble and shifted to Bajaur's District Hospital.

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