"Four people have been killed, including three children, in an overnight Pakistani shelling attack in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials report as fighting continues for a third consecutive week. Mustaghfir Gubuz, spokesperson for the governor in Khost province, told the AFP news agency on Monday that at midnight (19:30 GMT on Sunday), Pakistani forces fired mortar shells on the Nari village of Gurbuz district, killing a woman and a child."
"According to Afghan authorities, in the past week, cross-border fighting has killed at least 18 civilians. On Sunday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said it had begun mobilising to provide immediate lifesaving food to more than 20,000 families that had been displaced in Afghanistan due to the conflict."
"Tensions boiled over at the end of February and resulted in some of the worst fighting in recent years when Afghanistan launched cross-border attacks in response to Pakistani air attacks that Kabul said killed civilians. The attacks led to Pakistan declaring open war against the Afghan authorities and targeting the capital."
Pakistani mortar attacks on eastern Afghanistan's Khost province killed four civilians, including three children and one woman, in overnight strikes on Nari village and Afghan Dubai area. Separate shelling in Nuristan province killed one additional civilian. Cross-border fighting escalating since late February has resulted in at least 18 civilian deaths within one week. The conflict has displaced over 20,000 families, prompting the World Food Programme to mobilize emergency food assistance. Tensions intensified when Afghanistan launched cross-border attacks responding to Pakistani air strikes, leading Pakistan to declare open war and target Afghan capital. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring fighters.
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