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By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and SUZAN FRASER<\/strong><\/p>\n

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) \u2014 Pakistani forces\u2019 ground operations and strikes killed at least 36 civilians in Afghanistan overnight and wounded more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors escalated. One Afghan official said the attacks would be met with retaliation.<\/p>

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Pakistan said the operations were launched in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan\u2019s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan condemned the strikes in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces as a \u201ccowardly act of aggression\u201d and an \u201cact of brutality.\u201d Hayatullah Mohajer Farahi, the deputy minister for publications at the Ministry of Information and Culture, said Afghanistan would respond \u201cin due time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson for Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban government, said Pakistani forces targeted a home in Paktia\u2019s Chamkani district, killing an older man and a child, while other family members were wounded. When residents gathered to rescue people, the area was struck again, killing 28 villagers and wounding 158, he said.<\/p>\n

Six people, mostly women and children, were killed in a village in Giyan district, Paktika province, when another home was struck, he said. A civilian home in Kunar province was also hit, causing no casualties but killing some 30 livestock.<\/p>\n

The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan independently confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 others were wounded in the strikes, including women and children. It added that the figures were preliminary and could increase.<\/p>\n

Pakistani officials said an uneasy calm prevailed along the border Monday, with security forces remaining on high alert.<\/p>

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