The Pakistani government and Afghan Taliban regime have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire following a deadly escalation in violence between the two neighbours.

Pakistan carried out an air strike in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, after more than a dozen civilians and troops were killed along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The conflict on Wednesday shattered a fragile peace after weekend clashes that also killed dozens.

The weekend fighting was the worst between the neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021, despite regular clashes between their security forces along the contested 2,600-kilometre frontier.

The Afghan Taliban said more than a dozen of its civilians were killed and 100 wounded as Pakistani forces l

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