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| Two children dead after rocket attack in Landi Kotal |
| 2009-08-23 |
| [Dawn] Two children were killed and seven other were injured when militants fired at least a dozen mortars at a military camp in Landi Kotal, officials said on Saturday. The rocket attack was carried out minutes before iftar, the break of fast, with at least five rockets landing within the army camp. The other rockets hit a residential area of Landi Kotal, resulting in the death of two children of an Afghan, while two women and five men received injuries when mortars hit houses near Railway station and Agency Headquarters Hospital. Some houses were also partially damaged, officials added. Security forces returned fire with attacks on suspected militant hideouts. A local spokesman of the Taliban Umar Farooq claimed responsibility for the rocket attack and warned of more attacks. The injured were shifted to a local hospital for treatment. |
| Posted by:Fred |