The Pakistani military killed at least four people and wounded 70 others in an Afghan border province on Monday, the Taliban government said.
Hundreds of people have been killed since the two neighbours went to war in late February, according to UN figures, although the violence has abated in recent weeks.
The Afghan government said Pakistani “mortars and rockets” hit Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, and another district.
“Seventy civilians, including 30 students, including women and children, were wounded, and four others were martyred,” deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat posted on X.
Homes and a university were among the sites hit, Fitrat said.
Pakistan’s information ministry earlier denied attacking residential areas or the university, calling any such claim a “blatant lie“.
The Afghan government’s toll raises an earlier figure of three killed and 45 wounded given by Kunar information chief Najibullah Hanif.
Pakistani mortar fire and airstrikes hit three districts as well as Asadabad, where university accommodation and a neighbourhood were struck, Hanif told AFP.
The latest reported violence follows fierce fighting along the frontier this year, as well as unprecedented Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul.
A days-long ceasefire was agreed in March, and mediator China later said the warring sides had agreed to avoid escalation.
However, Afghans have since reported sporadic violence.
“We’ve been in a bad situation for almost two months. Sometimes the fighting is intense, and sometimes it’s not,” Mushtaq Wazir, who lives in the border province of Paktika, told AFP.
He said one person was killed in clashes on Monday, and four others were wounded over the weekend.
Suhbat Katwazi, from Barmal, the same district in Paktika, told AFP that Monday’s death was caused by a mortar shell that hit the person’s home.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been fraught since Taliban officials took power in Kabul for a second time in 2021.
Security issues have proved a sticking point, especially Pakistan’s demand that Afghanistan curb the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group.
Islamabad accuses the Taliban government of sheltering militants behind a surge in attacks, particularly the TTP, which has waged a violent campaign against Pakistan for years.
Afghan officials deny the charge and counter that Pakistan harbours hostile groups and does not respect its sovereignty.
The border between the neighbours has remained largely closed since a flare-up in deadly violence in October, freezing bilateral trade.
