Mortar kills 2 children and their mother in northwest Pakistan where troops are targeting militants
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the overnight civilian casualties in Mamund , a town in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
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