KABUL -- Two people were killed, and five others sustained injuries as Pakistani forces launched cross-border attacks in the eastern Afghanistan Khost province on Sunday, provincial government spokesman Mustaghfar Gurbaz said Monday.

According to the official, the Pakistani artillery targeted some areas in Gurbaz and Jaji Maidan districts on Sunday night, leaving two people dead and injuring five others.

Numerous people, according to Afghan and Pakistani officials, have been killed and injured since the outbreak of skirmishes along the border a couple of weeks ago.