<p style="text-align: justify;">KABUL (Pajhwok): Four members of a family, including women and children, were martyred and three others injured in Pakistani artillery and mortar strikes on the Alisher-Terezi district of southeastern Khost province on Thursday, an official said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), wrote on his X account that the attacks occurred at around 4:00am on Thursday in the Badraga Gorgari area of Sadqo village in the district.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He said four civilians, including women and children, were martyred and three others wounded as a result of the shelling.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fitrat also said the Pakistani military fired 221 artillery and mortar rounds at the districts of Manogai, Sarkano, Nari and Khas Kunar in neighbouring Kunar province.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He added that the shelling in those areas did not cause casualties but resulted in heavy financial losses for local residents.</p>
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