The incident took place in the Garlami area of North Waziristan. —AFP

DATTAKHEL: Six mortar shells landed in the Dattakhel area of the North Waziristan tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, wounding six people, four of them children, security officials said.

According to official sources, the Nato forces had allegedly fired the mortars from the Afghanistan side in the area of Garlami of the tribal region.

Two combat jets had on Wednesday violated the Pakistan's airspace and remained in the North Waziristan’s region for 15 minutes.

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