Pak Army hits Afghan border posts after Angoor Adda attack

A mortar round killed one civilian and wounded five from one family in South Waziristan; shops were damaged as Pakistani forces struck Afghan Taliban posts.

One civilian was killed and five members of one family were injured when a mortar hit a house in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan.

The South Waziristan deputy commissioner said Afghan Taliban fire on civilian houses and Angoor Adda Bazar was unprovoked and damaged many shops.

K-P Information Adviser Samar Haroon Bilour, citing security sources, said the Pak Army destroyed multiple Afghan force check posts in response.

Pakistani troops remained on high alert along the border and officials said the military response was continuing.

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