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The Pakistani authorities and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday agreed to a brief 48-hour ceasefire after recent clashes erupted this week and noticed greater than a dozen civilians and troops killed.
The phrases of the ceasefire stay unclear and neither the Pakistani nor the Taliban’s overseas ministries instantly responded to Fox Information Digital’s questions, although experiences on Wednesday steered Pakistan’s foreign ministry was making efforts to interact in dialogue to resolve the complicated battle.
Afghan Taliban fighters patrol close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fireplace between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Each Pakistan and Afghanistan have pointed the blame at each other over why combating erupted over the weekend on the shared border – ensuing within the worst conflict each side have seen for the reason that Taliban took over Kabul in 2021, reported Reuters.
Common clashes have lengthy occurred on the 1,600-mile-long border over land disputes, however for the reason that 2021 Taliban takeover, Islamabad has accused the Taliban of offering safe-haven to anti-Pakistan militants.
The Taliban on Wednesday claimed that Pakistani forces launched assaults within the metropolis of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, which sits proper on the shared border, and stated greater than a dozen civilians have been killed and 100 others wounded.
An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fireplace between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, Oct.15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Pakistan additionally claimed that 4 of its civilians have been wounded in assaults by the Taliban forces in Chaman, which is the district straight reverse of Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak, reported Reuters.
Extra combating between troops and militants apparently broke out in a second space in Pakistan’s Orakzai district to the north, the place Islamabad stated six Pakistani paramilitary troopers have been killed and two safety officers have been wounded.
9 militants have been additionally reportedly killed after the violence allegedly broke out throughout a search by Pakistani forces in an space that was attacked by militants final week during which 11 Pakistani troopers have been killed.
Afghan Taliban fighters patrol close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fireplace between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Stories on social media additionally steered {that a} Pakistani intelligence workplace was hit on Wednesday in an incident in Peshawar, a metropolis simply to the north of Pakistan’s Orakzai district, although Fox Information Digital couldn’t independently verify this.
President Donald Trump final week steered he might assist finish the battle between Afghanistan and Pakistan, although neither facet has stated he had a task to play within the present truce and the White Home didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s questions on the topic.
