Fata Voice News Agency
MIRANSHAH: A woman sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency.
According to a local source, the daughter of Tilawat Khan was collecting firewood in the nearby mountain in the area of Mir Ali tehsil when she stepped on a land mine. As a result, she lost her both hands apart from receiving injuries to her body.
The injured woman was shifted to a hospital in Bannu.
the area was heavily mined during the military operation of Rah-e-Nijat against militants in the North Waziristan Agency and South Waziristan in 2009. Such incidents have become common in the area for a long.
Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of people have lost their lives or are disabled due to landmine blasts.
