By IRNA,
Islamabad : At least seven people of same family were killed as mortar shells hit a house as Pakistani security forces and militants traded fire in the country’s restive northwest on Thursday, witnesses said.
Women and children are among those died at Deolai area of Swat valley, they said.
TV channels also reported the incident.
A regional language TV Khyber reported that two houses came under shelling, killing nine people.
Taliban burnt another girls school at Khwazakhela area of Swat on Thursday, bringing the number of girls schools burnt or blown up to 50 in one month in the area.
Taliban say they are opposed to girls education and that burning of schools is also reaction to take revenge of the last year attack on a girls religious seminary in Islamabad.
The army information officer in the area said that curfew will be relaxed only for two hours on Thursday.
Locals said that the people have fled to safe places as fighting intensified in the area, which has also threatened a peace deal signed in May.