At least three people were seriously injured when a mortar shell allegedly fired from the Afghan side landed on a residential house in a village of Khwezai area of Mohmand district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border during iftar time.
According to local sources, the wounded were first shifted to the hospital in Ghalanai, but due to the critical condition of the victims, they were subsequently referred to Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar for advanced medical treatment.
The incident has intensified anxiety among residents of border villages, where sporadic mortar and projectile impacts have been reported in recent days. Earlier, similar shells had landed in populated border settlements, damaging houses and spreading fear among local communities.
Security officials have been conducting precautionary measures along sensitive frontier zones, as cross-border firing and unidentified aerial objects have occasionally been reported in the region.
In another related security development, a small drone reportedly fell inside a school compound near a government-run educational complex in the Mohmand headquarters area. No casualties were reported in the incident, although parts of the drone were found scattered in the school veranda.
Sources said intermittent heavy-weapon exchanges have been observed along portions of the frontier between Pakistan security forces and armed elements associated with the banned militant network Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other cross-border militant factions.
In an earlier incident, mortar fire had also landed near a customs clearing office in the Torkham border area, though no casualties were reported.
Security analysts note that recurring attacks and projectile incidents along the western border have contributed to growing humanitarian and safety concerns among civilian populations residing in vulnerable valleys and frontier settlements.
Authorities continue monitoring the border belt while investigation teams work to determine the exact origin of the mortar fire and drone intrusion. Further updates are expected as the situation develops.
