Overview
- Mortar fire struck a market in Hangu on Thursday, killing six people including two children and wounding 13, with police saying a second round hit the same spot during evacuations.
- In Ghwa Khwa, Lower South Waziristan, an explosion outside a home killed three children and injured two, and police said a bomb had been planted in a parked motorcycle.
- Local sources gave a conflicting account in Ghwa Khwa, saying drone-fired missiles hit the area, while police opened an inquiry and sealed the scene.
- Separate clashes in Bajaur and cross-border shelling into South Waziristan also caused civilian casualties, according to police and witnesses.
- Officials report a rise in such attacks since the Afghan Taliban takeover in 2021, and no group has claimed responsibility for the latest strikes as hospitals in Wana and Khar treat the wounded and security tightens.