14 Injured, Including 5 Children, As Mortar Shell Hits House In Pakistan’s Kurram District

<p>At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources.</p>
<p>The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district, partially damaging it.</p>
<p>Among the 14 people injured were five children between the ages of 5-11, sources said.</p>
<p>Residents of the village rescued the injured from the damaged house and shifted them to a hospital for treatment.</p>
<p>The local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.</p>