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Mortars fired from Afghanistan kill 8 in Pakistan

The Columbian
Published: January 13, 2011, 12:00am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials say mortars allegedly fired from Afghanistan have killed eight people in northwestern Pakistan.

Two intelligence officials say the mortars hit a house Thursday in Tity Mada Khel village in the North Waziristan tribal area. They say the dead included five men and three women.

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