3 die in different incidents in Landikotal
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3 die in different incidents in Landikotal

…The Daily Vendor learnt that the minor fell under the tyres of a heavy truck and died

TORKHAM BORDER:(Pakistan):  Three people including a child died in three different incidents that took place in Loey Shalmam and Torkham areas of Landikotal tehsil on Friday, Official sources said.

Sources said that a nine-year-old Haidar came under the tyres of a heavy truck and died on the spot in Torkham Zero point. He was shifting smuggled goods in his backpack from Afghanistan. 

Meanwhile, at the same place Another boy, identified as Rizwan was critically injurred when he fall down from the top of a truck. He was critcally injured and rushed to district headquarters hospital in Landikotal. He was also hidding from border authorities on the truck to shift smuggled goods on his backpack from Afghanistan, sources confirmed.

At least seven children including girls and boys have lost their lives so far while as many as children reported injured in the same kind of incidents in Torkham in the past few months.

Afghan border officials in last week ofilficial meeting requested the Pakistani authorities to stop the children involved in smuggling of goods from Pakistan. The Afghan officials told the Pakistani counterparts that they had completely banned children to be used to muggle goods from Afghaniatan’s side. 

Meanwhile, an other youth died when he fall down from a water tank lifter in Torkham custom terminal site. The ill-fated youth was identifed as Muhammad Imran, resident Nowshera. In the other incident a man identied as Khanzad Gul was killed by his rivals over the land disppute in Wazir Kor in Loey Shalman, police said. 

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