March 19 (UPI) -- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to temporarily suspend fighting during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, both countries announced days after dozens were killed at a Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital.
The pause in fighting will be enforced from midnight Thursday through midnight Tuesday, Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan's minister for Information and Broadcasting, said in a statement.
The neighboring nations have been fighting since late last month, following months of escalating tensions with Pakistan repeatedly accusing Afghanistan of harboring secessionists that Islamabad holds responsible for a series of bloody terrorist attacks.
Tarar framed the agreement in a statement as a Pakistani gesture made "in good faith and in keeping with the Islamic norms," while warning the offer could be revoked at any time.
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