Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of 'violating Kabul's sovereign territory'

The allegation by the Taliban came after two loud blasts were heard in the city late on Thursday.

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The allegation comes after two loud blasts were heard in the city late on Thursday.

Pakistan had also bombed a civilian market in the border province of Patika, in Afghanistan's south-east, the Taliban Defence Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Locals there told the BBC's Afghan service that a number of shops had been destroyed.

Pakistan has neither confirmed nor denied that they launched an attack inside Afghanistan.

However, during a press conference held in the city of Peshawar on Friday, a top general alleged Afghanistan was being used as a "base of operation for terrorism against Pakistan".