Pakistan, Afghanistan Resume Hostilities After Brief Truce, Two Dead
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes Resume, Two Killed After Ceasefire Ends
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CNBC TV18•26-03-2026, 02:11
Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes Resume, Two Killed After Ceasefire Ends
•Fighting reignited along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after a temporary ceasefire for Eid al-Fitr expired, resulting in two civilian deaths and multiple injuries in eastern Afghanistan.
•Afghan officials reported Pakistani forces fired artillery shells into Kunar province, prompting return fire from Afghan border forces who claimed to destroy three Pakistani military posts.
•A local Pakistani official accused Afghan forces of initiating the exchange of fire in multiple areas.
•The renewed violence follows a brief pause after Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, which the Afghan Taliban claimed hit a hospital, killing over 400; Pakistan denied targeting civilians.
•Separately, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) resumed attacks inside Pakistan after its own ceasefire, with Pakistan accusing Kabul of sheltering TTP leaders and members.