MIRAMSHAH: At least six people were killed early on Wednesday when a mortar shell hit a house in the Shawal district of the North Waziristan region, DawnNews reported.
Moreover, the dead in the incident included four women, a man and a child.
The attack took place in Shawal, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, along the Afghan border.