MIRAMSHAH, Sept 10: Mortar shells fired from Afghanistan killed three people and injured five others in Saidgi area of North Waziristan on Friday, residents said.Officials said that several mortar shells were fired from a Nato base in the Khost province.

According to reports, Nato forces were setting up a base camp near Pakistan border. Taliban attacked the camp on Thursday night which led to a heavy exchange of fire.Several mortar shells landed in Saidgi area and three houses were damaged.

Reports said that three people were killed and five others injured, who were taken to a hospital in Miramshah.

AFP adds: “Three people were killed and five others were wounded by mortar shells fired by coalition forces from the Afghanistan side during a gunfight with Taliban militants,” a Pakistani security official confirmed.

Nato’s International Security Assistance Force said they had “no reporting of any ISAF operations in that area last night or today.”