Following an airstrike and ground combat that escalated tensions between the South Asian neighbors and left over a dozen people dead and 100 injured, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday.
Following scores of deaths in weekend clashes the deadliest between the two Islamic nations since the Taliban took over Kabul in 2021 the fighting along the tense, disputed frontier on Wednesday destroyed a tenuous calm.
The two nations will establish a “temporary ceasefire” for 48 hours beginning at 1300 GMT on Wednesday, according to a statement from Pakistan’s foreign ministry, which also stated that Kabul had requested the truce.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban administration, claimed that the ceasefire was brought about by the “insistence of the Pakistani side. According to him, Kabul had instructed its troops to uphold the truce as long as the opposing side refrained from using force. Following the two explosions in the Afghan capital on Wednesday night, AFP correspondents reported seeing plumes of black smoke rising above Kabul, which has both nations on edge.
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