Pakistan launched airstrikes and sent ground troops into Afghan provinces along its border on Sunday, killing 36 civilians and wounding 163 others, the Taliban government said on Monday, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.

KABUL/ISLAMABAD -- Afghan government officials said on Monday that Pakistani airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 36 people and injured 163 others.

At least 36 civilians have been killed and more than 160 others injured in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, officials said. Pakistani forces launched a military operation…