Five Injured in Afghan Cross-Border Shelling
Security sources said mortar fire struck two homes and forced Pakistan to retaliate against Taliban positions along the border.
- On Wednesday, mortar shells fired from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border struck Angoor Adda in South Waziristan, injuring five civilians—four children and one woman—according to security sources.
- This incident follows unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban, as Pakistan continues Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, an ongoing military campaign launched in late February to counter hostile cross-border attacks.
- The injured children, aged 13, 10, 8, and 3 years old, were transported to the district headquarters hospital in Wana. The attack came three days after Afghan Taliban firing left three other civilians injured.
- Following the shelling, the Pakistan Army promptly retaliated by targeting and destroying firing positions along the border, forcing Afghan Taliban fighters to abandon their posts and retreat from their positions.
- Security sources claimed the Afghan Taliban and affiliated Khawarij elements consistently target civilians to achieve "nefarious designs," while maintaining that Operation Ghazab Lil Haq will continue "until all designated objectives are achieved.
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