US EditionAfghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Breaking Truce After Deadly Cross-Border Strikes
Taliban accuse Pakistan of bombing three locations in Paktika after a 48-hour ceasefire expired, amid ongoing border tensions that have caused dozens of deaths, officials said.
- On Friday, the Afghan Taliban said Pakistan allegedly bombed three locations in Paktika province, breaking the 48-hour truce announced on Wednesday that lasted until Friday evening.
- Amid rising militant attacks, Islamabad has accused Kabul of harbouring terrorist groups behind increased violence, while the Afghan Taliban denies sheltering Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan since their return to power in 2021.
- Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack near North Waziristan district, while Afghan forces launched retaliatory strikes and explosions were reported in Kabul.
- With delegations heading to Doha, an Afghan Taliban spokesman said the 48-hour ceasefire was broken and warned Afghanistan would retaliate.
- After days of fierce fighting, the 48-hour truce announced on Wednesday followed border clashes earlier this week that killed dozens and wounded hundreds, with security issues driving tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have confirmed that they will begin peace talks in Doha after Pakistan carried out attacks on the Afghan province of Paktika on Friday evening, violating a 48-hour ceasefire the two countries agreed to on Wednesday.
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce after deadly cross-border strikes
Pakistan's military carried out strikes in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday just hours after a two-day ceasefire between the neighboring countries expired, an Afghan police official said. The bombings struck southeastern Paktika province and two other areas close to the Pakistan border, and included a strike on a civilian house in Khanadar village that resulted in casualties, police spokesman Mohammadullah Amini Mawia said. He gave no further …
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Taliban accuse Pakistan of breaking truce after 10 killed
Pakistan launched air strikes inside Afghanistan late Friday, killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, Afghan officials told AFP. The 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides. "Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika" province, a senior Taliban official told AFP, speaking on condi…
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