Afghan authorities said on Friday that Pakistan had carried out new attacks in Kabul and border provinces, killing four people in the capital.
A Pakistani security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Pakistan attacked overnight, adding that its forces were targeting the Pakistani Taliban militant group, known as TTP.
Islamabad last month launched a wave of airstrikes against its neighbor, an operation it says is aimed at militancy following increasing attacks in Pakistan.
But the Taliban government has denied any involvement or use of Afghan territory for militant purposes.
Kabul police spokesman Khalil Zadran said four people were killed and 15 wounded in the bombing that hit homes in the capital, with women and children among the victims.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid published in X that the Pakistani attacks also affected the southern province of Kandahar, as well as the eastern province of Paktia and Paktika, which border Pakistan.
In Kandahar, where the supreme leader of the administration, Hibatullah Akhundzada, resides, airstrikes hit a fuel depot of the Kam Air airline, near the airport.
This company supplies fuel to civil airlines and United Nations aircraft.
Pakistan insists it has not killed any civilians in the conflict. Victim claims from both sides are difficult to independently verify.
Afghan and Pakistani forces have also clashed repeatedly on the border in recent weeks, hampering trade and forcing nearby residents to flee their homes.
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‘Open war’
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has stated that 56 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan, including 24 children, in Pakistani military operations between February 26 and March 5.
According to the UN refugee agency, some 115,000 people were forced to leave their homes.
Fighting between the two countries intensified on February 26, when Afghanistan launched an offensive along the border, in retaliation for earlier Pakistani airstrikes against the TTP.
Pakistan then declared “open war” against Taliban authorities, bombing the capital Kabul on February 27.
Since then, clashes have increased in the border regions, including during the night from Wednesday to Thursday in which, according to Afghan authorities, four members of the same family were killed in Khost province.
The Taliban government said Thursday that four members of the same family, including two children, were killed by Pakistani artillery and mortar fire in eastern Afghanistan.
Seven people have died in Afghanistan since Tuesday as a result of cross-border clashes between the two sides, according to authorities in Kabul.
Deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the latest deaths occurred early Thursday in the village of Sadqo in Khost province, accusing Pakistan of deliberately targeting civilian homes and nomad tents.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
