By Shahjahan Khurram

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif announced on Sunday that Islamabad had reached a ceasefire agreement with Kabul in Doha, after days of fierce clashes between the two sides left dozens dead and increased tensions between the neighbors.

Asif was leading a Pakistani delegation in Doha on Saturday for talks with Afghanistan after days of fierce battles between the two countries along their long and porous border, which led to the deaths of dozens of people on both sides. Pakistan also carried out airstrikes in Kandahar and Kabul before the two sides reached an uneasy truce that opened the window for bilateral talks arranged by Qatar.

Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan of sheltering militant groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the se

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