At least 10 people, including 3 Afghan cricketers, were killed in a series of airstrikes conducted by Pakistan in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, marking a breach of the recent ceasefire agreement between the two neighbouring countries.
Former allies Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in a week of violent hostilities during which both countries claimed scores of dead on the opposite side. The Taliban, the insurgent group that controls Afghanistan, claims that Pakistan has violated the 48-hour ceasefire that was agreed upon on Wednesday by launching new attacks.
“Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika" province, a senior Taliban official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Afghanistan will retaliate."
At least ten citizens were kille