Afghanistan and Pakistan have traded ⁠heavy ⁠fire, both sides said, days ⁠after they announced a temporary pause in fighting, escalating tensions in ​the volatile region as Islamabad said it hopes to host potential talks between the U.S. ‌and Iran. The border clashes came on ‌Sunday, the day Pakistan hosted regional powers to discuss de-escalation in the war in ⁠the Middle ⁠East, with an announcement that Islamabad could host the talks in ​coming days. Both sides used artillery and heavy weapons to hit locations in Afghanistan’s Kunar province and its bordering district of Bajur in Pakistan, officials said. Pakistan’s fire killed at least one person and ​injured another 16, most of them women and children, said Hamdullah Fitrat, a deputy ⁠spokesperson ⁠for Kabul’s Taliban administration. Pakistan only ⁠responded to ​shelling from Afghanistan, security officials said, denying that it targeted any civilian locations.

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