Afghan officials say Pakistani mortars and missiles struck the city of Asadabad in Kunar province (a mountainous region in north-eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan) on Monday, killing seven people and wounding at least 85, including students and staff at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University. Pakistan's information ministry flatly denied targeting the university, calling the reports a "blatant lie" and describing the claims as "frivolous and fake", adding that its strikes under Operation Ghazab lil-Haq are "precise and intelligence-based". The incident is the first major outbreak of violence since Chinese-mediated peace talks between the two countries in Urumqi earlier this month, underscoring the fragility of efforts to end months of deadly cross-border fighting that erupted in late February.