PESHAWAR: Mortars fired from Afghanistan struck a house in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border, killing a child and wounded two others, DawnNews reported.

The house struck in the attack was situated in South Waziristan’s Angoor Adda area.

Subsequently, Pakistan lodged a protest with the Afghan National Army and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), security sources told DawnNews.