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Mortar kills 2 children and their mother in northwest Pakistan where troops are targeting militants
The military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban has displaced 100,000 people, with tribal elders unable to evict militants before the mortar strike killed three civilians.
- A mortar in the overnight period in Mamund town, Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed two children and their mother, Naseeb Gul confirmed.
- The provincial government said the operation followed tribal elders’ failure to expel insurgents from Bajaur, after security forces launched the offensive days earlier.
- Government officials reported that the Bajaur offensive displaced 25,000 families or about 100,000 people, with many sheltering in government buildings.
- On Tuesday, two people were wounded when another mortar hit their home, and demonstrators refused to bury the dead, demanding an investigation.
- The TTP is a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, with leaders in Afghanistan after August 2021 and fighters crossing into Bajaur to attack.
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Mortar kills 2 children, mother in northwest Pakistan where troops are targeting militants
KHAR, Pakistan: A mortar struck a home and killed two children and their mother in a northwestern Pakistani region where security forces are carrying out a “targeted operation ” against the Pakistani Taliban, residents and a hospital official said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the overnight civilian casualties in Mamund, a town in the Bajaur
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Mortar kills 2 children and their mother in northwest Pakistan where troops are targeting militants
Residents and a hospital official say a mortar has struck a home in northwestern Pakistan, killing two children and their mother.
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