KABUL: Abdul Rahim surveys the rubble that was his home in Kabul, where he lived with six family members.
A gaping hole in the living room reveals only charred belongings and debris, while blackened teddy bears and makeup lie in what once was a bedroom.
The explosion at his home was one of four that hit the Afghan capital within a week, as unusually intense violence broke out with Pakistan — then suddenly halted under a temporary truce.
The fighting — which has left dozens of troops and civilians dead on both sides, mostly in border regions — represents the worst clashes between the neighbors since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
“We were attending a graduation ceremony when I learned that an explosion had struck my house around 4:00 pm,” Rahim, a motorcycle vendor, tells AFP.
