Afghanistan's Taliban regime has announced it conducted strikes along the border with Pakistan, injuring several people in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Pakistan's military claims it shot down four rudimentary drones and warned that further provocation 'would receive a befitting response.' The BBC has been unable to independently confirm the attack.

This latest escalation follows Pakistan's own airstrikes on Afghanistan on Sunday, which the UN says killed 28 civilians. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire in October after weeks of deadly clashes - because why let a good ceasefire stand in the way of a proper border spat?

Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan of harboring terrorists, a claim the Taliban government rejects. Kabul, in turn, accuses Islamabad of unprovoked attacks killing civilians. Pakistan insists it only targets militants. Afghanistan claims Sunday's attack hit civilian homes, putting the death toll at 36 with over 160 injured, calling it a 'cowardly act' and an 'atrocity.'

Pakistan says it carried out a ground operation and air strikes targeting militant hideouts in Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar provinces. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claimed 29 militants were killed in response to 'recent terrorist attacks against innocent people.' The BBC has not independently confirmed figures from either side.

Intermittent border clashes and air strikes have killed dozens in recent months. In February, clashes left dozens dead. In March, a Pakistani strike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul killed hundreds. Earlier in June, Pakistan launched deadly air strikes killing 26 militants; Afghanistan's Taliban government said 13 people, mostly children, were also killed.