Says all injured were given immediate care, shifted to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar for treatment
A Pakistani army soldier stands guard at the Afghan border. PHOTO: FILE
Eight civilians, including women and children, were seriously injured after cross-border shelling and shelling hit the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan on April 26 and 29, according to a press release issued by the office of the Deputy Commissioner of South Waziristan Lower on Thursday.
The official statement said the shelling caused significant damage to civilian property, with several houses destroyed in the affected area. The incidents were reported to have spread fear and panic among residents.
According to the press release, those injured on April 26 were identified as Rahimullah, 20, Zubair Bibi, 20, and Bibi Hawa, 28, all residents of Zawal Tehsil in Angoor Adda area.
On April 29, the injured included Muslima Bibi, 13, Sanab, 3, Sapna Bibi, 8, Irshad, 10, and Robina Bibi, 32, all from Kanki village in Zawal Tehsil.
The Deputy Commissioner stated that all injured persons were given immediate medical attention and later transferred to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar for further treatment.
The press release added that residents and tribal elders have expressed strong concern over the incidents and called for an immediate halt to cross-border shelling and shelling. It further stated that the authorities are taking all possible measures to protect lives and property of civilians in the area.
On Tuesday, security forces carried out retaliatory strikes on key locations, including the Ariana compound, Dabgai check post, police headquarters and Zakarkhel post, which were destroyed.
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The Pakistan Air Force also targeted positions in Laghman province and destroyed an arms depot, ABF battalion headquarters and the Nangarhar Brigade. Sources further said that a Taliban post near the Mohmand sector was also destroyed, stressing that only Afghan military targets were hit in accordance with international law.
On April 15, three civilians, including two children, were martyred and three others were injured when Afghan Taliban forces carried out unprovoked firing on local people in a border area of KP’s Bajaur district, according to state media.
The incident marked a renewed episode of cross-border aggression after a gap of over a month, following Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, which was launched in response to earlier unprovoked hostility from the Afghan side.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched around the end of February following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Afghan Taliban forces fired at several locations, prompting swift military retaliation from Pakistan.
The neighboring countries were engaged in escalating hostilities along the border since then. Clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani airstrikes targeting terrorist positions and subsided during a temporary ceasefire on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
The escalation in tensions between the two countries followed a series of tit-for-tat actions over the past year.
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Pakistan has previously carried out airstrikes targeting TTP and Islamic State camps in Khorasan province inside Afghanistan following a spate of attacks, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Islamabad has long maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, a claim that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions also rose after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along the Pakistan border, prompting Islamabad to respond with cross-border shelling.
The exchanges caused losses and damage to infrastructure on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after the border crossings were closed on 12 October 2025.
