Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire, APA reports, citing Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
"Based on the Taliban's request and mutual consent, Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire starting at 6:00 PM tonight," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Security sources said that earlier, the Pakistani army had carried out precision strikes on key Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
According to the sources, the targeted strikes destroyed the Taliban's 4th Battalion and 6th Border Brigade, killing dozens of Afghan and foreign fighters.
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Pakistan has carried out numerous airstrikes on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, APA reports.
Footage of this has been circulated in foreign media.
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