India, Dec. 6 -- Clashes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border erupted again early on Saturday, with each side accusing the other of launching an "unprovoked attack."

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's border district of Spin Boldak said on Saturday that an overnight exchange of fire at a main Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing killed four civilians, in the latest flare-up of fighting between the two countries.

At the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the local hospital said three people had been discharged after suffering minor injuries during the clash.

While Pakistani officials said that Afghan forces had fired mortar shells on the Badani area, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid claimed it was Pakistan that launched an ...