A senior Taliban officer on Friday claimed that Pakistan carried out strikes in a border area of Afghanistan, breaking the ceasefire. The official claimed that Pakistan bombed three locations in Paktika, according to news agency AFP.

This comes hours after the 48-hour ceasefire between the two countries expired. The truce began on Wednesday and came after nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides.

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