Kabul, successful turn, has antecedently accused Islamabad of carrying retired unprovoked attacks successful which civilians were killed - though Pakistan says it lone targets militants.
The 2 countries had agreed to a ceasefire past October pursuing weeks of deadly clashes. As with past internationally-mediated truce deals, however, that ceasefire has since fallen apart.
The BBC has not independently confirmed the casualty figures claimed by the Pakistani and Taliban governments successful the latest attacks.
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities says the strikes deed civilian homes, portion Pakistan says they were targeted astatine militant hideouts successful Afghanistan's Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces.
Casualties were concentrated successful Mandikhel, a colony successful the Paktika province, Taliban officials say.
The attacks connected Sunday travel a time aft 3 members of the Sindh Rangers, a Pakistani paramilitary force, were killed astatine their office successful Karachi, according to Pakistan's military. Three militants besides died successful the termination attack, and Pakistani officials said they had arrested a fourth, who was an Afghan.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter faction of the TTP, claimed work for Saturday's attack.
Both the TTP - besides known arsenic the Pakistan Taliban - and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar are banned successful Pakistan, and by the United Nations, due to the fact that of their engagement successful past attacks.
Intermittent borderline clashes and airstrikes successful the borderline country person killed dozens of radical successful caller months, according to officials successful some countries.
In February, clashes betwixt the 2 countries near dozens of radical dead. In March, a Pakistani strike connected a cause rehabilitation centre successful Kabul killed hundreds.
Earlier successful June, Pakistan launched deadly aerial strikes that killed 26 militants. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said 13 people, mostly children, were besides killed successful the strikes.
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