Projectile event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bajaur District area, Pakistan on Thu 30th April 2026

At least nine civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in unprovoked cross-border firing and shelling by Afghan forces over the past two months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur District, The Express Tribune reported on April 30 quoting Bajaur Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali Khan. According to official figures released by Bajaur Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali Khan, the majority of the victims were women and children. The attacks occurred in the Mamond and Salarzai areas of the District during March and April. A press release by the district administration detailed six separate incidents in which Afghan forces deliberately targeted civilian populations in the Laghari Mamond and Taripa Shah Salarzai areas. The cross-border aggression also destroyed eight residential houses.