Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation hospital.

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.

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Ariba Shahid KABUL/KARACHI, March 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan and Afghanistan said they were pausing their military operations against each other on Wednesday for the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr,

Even for a nation almost inured to tragedy, the attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in the heart of Kabul ahead of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr has horrified many. Days after the alleged Pakistani air strike on Kabul that Taliban officials say has killed more than 400 people,

According to deputy government spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat, about 250 more people were reported injured.in the airstrike that hit the hospital around 9 pm local time, destroying large sections of the 2,