There are reports from Hangu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that 6 people have been killed in clashes between Pakistani forces and armed men, and an emergency has been declared.
According to officials, 6 people were killed and 13 injured when mortar shells fell near a settlement during an operation against militants.
According to police, an operation was being carried out for two days on information about the presence of militants in the border areas of Hangu district and Orakzai district, Zargri, Shabari and Dorri Banda.
According to Deputy Commissioner Hangu Gohar Zaman Wazir, mortar shells from armed men fell into the settlement during an operation against militants, killing six people and injuring 13 people.
Deputy Kushner Gohar Zaman Wazir has said that the mortar shells fell in Dorri Banda Bazaar, causing severe damage to the civilian population.
A young mukhtiar from Hangu said that his uncle lost his life when a shell fell in his area.
The Deputy Commissioner of Hangu said that the district administration had imposed an emergency in all hospitals in the district.
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