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Pakistan and Afghanistan traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries that Pakistan's defence minister said Friday means they are now in "open war."
Overnight on Feb. 26, Pakistan’s military fended off attacks by the Taliban along the border with Afghanistan. The country’s air force retaliated the following morning with targeted airstrikes in Kabul and Kandahar.
Following weeks of "open war" and a devastating airstrike on a Kabul hospital, Afghanistan and Pakistan have announced a temporary pause in fighting for the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the request of international mediators.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After five days of on-and-off talks in Istanbul to resolve hostilities that flared in the first half of October, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to continue a ceasefire they arrived at earlier this month, Turkey's Foreign Ministry ...