Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire following days of intense fighting and reported Pakistani air strikes on Kabul and Kandahar, according to officials from both sides.
The truce, which began Wednesday afternoon, comes after escalating violence along the Spin Boldak border district, where each side blamed the other for initiating the clashes.
Taliban authorities claimed 12 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded by Pakistani shelling, while Pakistan’s military said it had killed 15–20 Taliban fighters.
#UPDATE Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in fresh border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, hours before Islamabad said the two sides had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire ➡️ https://t.co/F6OjvYVeUR pic.twitter.com/Dvn15zlu0Z
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 15, 2025
Neither figure could be independently verified. The violence marks one of the most serious flare-ups since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, worsening already fragile relations between Islamabad and Kabul.
Explosions in Kabul and Kandahar further heightened tensions, with Pakistani state media alleging they were air strikes on Taliban targets, a claim denied by Kabul, which said an oil tanker explosion caused the blasts.
UN human rights envoy Richard Bennett expressed concern on X (formerly Twitter), urging both parties to “protect civilians and exercise maximum restraint.”
Regional powers including China and Russia have called for calm, while Donald Trump has reportedly offered to mediate. The ceasefire remains tentative as both sides accuse each other of aggression, amid fears the conflict could destabilize the border region further.
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