Mortar Bomb event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kitkot, Bajaur District area, Pakistan on Wed 15th April 2026

Two children and a woman were killed while three others were injured when mortar shells fired from across the Afghan border hit a house in the Kitkot village of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the night of April 15, reports Dawn. Dawn quoting security sources reported that the Afghan Taliban responsible for the firing, terming it an act of unprovoked aggression. They said the Afghan Taliban had been trying to get a formation of Fitna al Khawarij to infiltrate into Pakistan during the past few days. But the attempts were foiled due to timely action by the army, the sources said, adding that the Afghan Taliban then resorted to targeting the civilian population in Pakistan. Fitna al Khawarij is a term that the State has designated for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).