At least five children and a woman killed in eastern Afghanistan when Pakistani military forces fired rockets along the border in a pre-dawn assault, an Afghan official and a resident say
A similar assault was also carried out in Afghanistan's Khost province near the border with Pakistan.
"Five children and a woman were killed and a man wounded in Pakistani rocket attacks in Shelton district of Kunar," provincial director of information Najibullah Hassan Abdaal said. Afghan foreign ministry said later on Saturday that it had summoned the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul after the latest incidents.
An Afghan tribal elder from Khost, Gul Markhan, confirmed the incident in Khost. Pakistani military officials were not immediately available for comment, and Taliban government spokesmen in Kabul declined to comment.Since the Taliban seized power last year in Afghanistan, border tensions between the neighbours have risen, with Pakistan alleging militant groups were carrying out attacks from Afghan soil.
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