ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani troops and Afghan forces exchanged fire late on Friday along the two countries’ tense border but no casualties or damage were reported. Each side blamed the other for triggering the clash in violation of a fragile ceasefire in place for the past two months.

Negotiations between Kabul and Islamabad aimed at easing border tensions and upholding the truce broke down in November but the cesefire — brokered by Qatar in October — has mostly held.

The exchange came a day after Pakistan said it would allow the United Nations to send relief supplies into Afghanistan through the Chaman and Torkham border crossings, which have been mostly closed for nearly two months amid escalating tensions.

Mohammad Sadiq, a local Pakistani police official, claimed the shooting started

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