Pakistan and Afghanistan Ceasefire

 

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Afghanistan and Pakistan Peace 

It has been reported that Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban government have agreed a temporary ceasefire after fresh border clashes 

Violence has flared since explosions rocked Afghanistan last week, which Kabul blamed on Islamabad. The Taliban deny claims they are harbouring militants targeting Pakistan

During the ceasefire period, both sides will make sincere  positive solution to this complex but solvable issue through constructive dialogue," its Foreign Office said.

The Taliban  spokesman said Afghan forces had been instructed to respect the ceasefire 

Kabul's emergency's surgical centre said it had received 40 people after the explosions - five were dead on arrival.

The latest fighting comes after intense border clashes over the weekend, when the Taliban claimed to have killed 58 members of the Pakistani military and Islamabad said it killed 200 "fThis fighting shattered several days of fragile peace.

A doctor  said he counted "seven bodies and 36 injured brought to the hospital", including men, women and children.situation was "tense" and more casualties were being taken to hospital, he said.

According to BBC A local Taliban official said  "hundreds of families have been displaced since last night due to the heavy clashes". He said they were on "high alert" after a few Taliban posts were attacked by Pakistani jets. He added that they had the bodies of two Pakistani military members.