Soki Dani, May 14 -- Mother of eight children, Nisar Fatima, a resident of Soki Dani Basgrah in Uri, returned home after taking shelter at a rehabilitation centre in Sheeri, only to find her house reduced to rubble.

A massive bombshell, reportedly fired from across the border in Pakistan, had struck her home during the recent cross-border shelling.

"I have eight children - where will I go now?" Fatima cried, standing amidst the debris of her once-standing home. "We left to save our lives and sought refuge in Sheeri, but when I came back, my house was gone. I came back to see nothing - no roof, no belongings, not even clothes for my kids," she said, showing a water pot damaged by shell splinters.

"Dozens of shells rained down on our villa...