Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to immediate ceasefire

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce.

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Residents pray over the bodies of air strike victims during a funeral in Khandaro village, Argun, Afghanistan on Saturday.

(AFP)

For more than a week, the South Asian neighbors have engaged in bloody border clashes — their worst conflict since the return of the Taliban government in 2021.

A 48-hour truce briefly put a stop to the fighting, which has killed dozens of troops and civilians, until Friday’s air strikes.

After peace talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said early Sunday that “the two sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of mechanisms to consolidate lasting peace and stability between the two countries.”