At least 13 people were killed, including 11 children, after Pakistan's military launched air strikes in three Afghan provinces, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Wednesday, in a renewal of a conflict that has killed hundreds this year, reports Reuters.

At least 14 others - all of them children and women - were injured in Islamabad's strikes that violated Afghanistan's airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika, Mujahid added.

There was no immediate comment from the Pakistani military or government, but security officials told Reuters that Islamabad has carried out air strikes in what they called "hideouts and other facilities of the Pakistani militants, using them against Pakistan."

Taliban denies claims of harboring militants

Islamabad has blamed Kabul for ​harboring militants that it says plot attacks in Pakistan. ‌The Taliban has denied the allegations and said militancy in Pakistan is an internal problem.

The renewed violence threatens to disturb a long lull in fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan, ​allies-turned-foes who fought their worst battle in years in February.

The two countries agreed to a fragile ceasefire in March, with China trying to mediate a settlement to the conflict.

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At least 34 people, including two babies were killed when a contraband fuel depot exploded into flames in southern Benin near the border with Nigeria on Saturday.

According to Beninese Interior Minister Alassane Seidou, “a serious fire occurred in the town of Seme Podji. Another 20 people were seriously wounded in the incident.”

"I can't really give you the cause of the fire, but there is a large gasoline warehouse here and cars, tricycles and motorcycles come from morning to evening,” he added.

Nigeria is a main oil and gas producer where fuel smuggling is very common along its borders, particularly when the government maintains a subsidy to keep fuel prices low.

The majority of the victims were burnt and they could not be not be identified.

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