 MIRANSHAH: Two women were killed and 13 people, including five women, four men and as many children, were injured in an exchange of fire between militants and army troops in North Waziristan Agency on Saturday. Locals said the crossfire started after local Taliban fired mortars on Banda Post, located some four kilometres south of Miranshah, headquarters of the agency, in the afternoon. The army retaliated and the crossfire resulted in the killing of two women while 13 more people in Miranshah village, located three kilometres from the post, came under attack from the militants. |