Four women killed in Khyber Agency landslide

Four women were killed after landslide fell on them in Khyber Agency.

According to Khasadar forces in the area, the women were collecting sand for renovation of a house in Mukhtar Khel area of Landikotal tehsil in Khyber Agency when landslide fell on them.

They were trapped under the debris and eventually died.

The deceased included a woman and her three daughters, whose bodies were pulled out by locals.

Landikotal is a tehsil situated in Khyber Agency on the tribal belt that has now been merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The agency is situated close to Peshawar, the main metropolis of the province.

Peshawar comprises three tertiary care hospitals where patients from all over the province are brought for medical treatment, especially when there is a lack of facilities in their respective areas.