Pakistan, Afghanistan to pause fighting for Eid
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to temporarily suspend fighting during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, both countries announced days after dozens were killed at a Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital.
Pakistan and Afghanistan agree Eid ceasefire as Kabul holds mass funeral for airstrike victims - Five-day truce has been brokered by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar
Beijing calls on Islamabad and Kabul to 'resume peace talks as soon as possible, realise a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire' to keep region peaceful.
ISLAMABAD, March 17 - Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India.
Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.
How do Pakistan and Afghanistan’s militaries and nuclear arsenal stack up as conflict grows? - Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country and has 170 warheads but Afghanistan does not have a nuclear arsenal