KABUL/ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan said Wednesday it had carried out airstrikes in Pakistan, while Pakistan's military said it had intercepted and neutralized four rudimentary drones.

In a statement posted on X, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said the Afghan Air Force had carried out airstrikes against hideouts of the Islamic State (IS) in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

The ministry said the strikes inflicted heavy casualties and significant material losses on IS militants and their supporters.

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On the same day, Pakistan's military said it had intercepted and neutralized four rudimentary drones allegedly launched by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities across the border into the country's southwest Balochistan province.

In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistani military, said the drones were launched on June 30 and were detected by Pakistan's air defense network before being shot down using countermeasures.

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It warned that any future cross-border violations or threats to Pakistan's sovereignty would be met with a "swift, decisive and overwhelming" response.

Since June 28, Afghanistan and Pakistan have engaged in a new round of military clashes along their shared border, with both sides saying they were targeting terrorist groups and militants.