Four tribesmen injured in mortar attack

Published February 21, 2008

MIRAMSHAH, Feb 20: Four tribesmen were injured in Ghulam Khan area of North Waziristan in a mortar attack from the Afghan side on Tuesday night.

Sources said that 40 mortar shells fired from the Afghan side landed in the Pakistani territory. One shell hit a mud-house in the Ghulam Khan area, causing injuries to four tribesmen. The sources also said that militants had attacked the Afghan troops near the Pakistan border, drawing retaliatory fire from Nato war planes and ground forces.