Kabul: The Taliban government said one person was killed by a shell from Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, despite a truce between the two countries for the end of Ramadan.
“Today, Sunday, a mortar shell fired by the Pakistani military regime struck the Shanpat area in the Nari district of Kunar province, killing one civilian and injuring a woman,” deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat posted on X.
No immediate confirmation of the toll could be obtained.
Pakistan and Afghanistan announced Wednesday a halt in fighting during celebrations for the end of Ramadan.
The truce came after a Pakistani strike on a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital, which the Afghan authorities said killed more than 400.
An international NGO, the Norwegian Refugee Council, said “there were hundreds of killed and wounded,” in the strike.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have been locked in conflict for months over claims from Islamabad that Kabul is harboring militants behind cross-border attacks on its territory.
Afghanistan denies the allegation.
According to a UN toll last Tuesday, not taking into account the drug rehabilitation center strike, at least 76 Afghan civilians have been killed in the fighting since it intensified on February 26.
More than 115,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan, it added.
