Pakistani strikes kill at least 28 civilians in Afghanistan, UN says

At least 28 civilians were killed after Pakistan launched air strikes and sent ground troops into Afghan provinces along its border on Sunday, the United Nations Afghan mission has said.

A further 49 were injured and women and children were among the victims, according to Unama.

Afghanistan's Taliban government said civilian homes were hit and described the attack as a "cowardly act" and an "atrocity".

Meanwhile, Pakistan said it had targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan's Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces.

The neighbouring countries agreed to a ceasefire last October following weeks of deadly clashes - an agreement that has since fallen apart.

Casualties were concentrated in Mandokhail, a village in the Paktia province, according to Taliban officials.

Adam Khan, 63, told AFP news agency he "cannot put into words the condition of the children I saw at the hospital, or the screams of their parents and siblings".

Those killed in one of the strikes included "children, elderly people and women" sleeping in a house, he said.