Pakistan defense minister casts doubt on truce, accuses Kabul of fighting India’s ‘proxy war’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has cast doubt over Islamabad’s ceasefire with Afghanistan after heavy cross-border clashes between the neighbors in recent days, accusing Kabul of fighting India’s “proxy war.” Asif’s remarks came shortly after Pakistan and Afghanistan announced a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday after Pakistani forces hit Afghan Taliban strongholds in Kandahar, in what Pakistan state media described as “precision strikes.” Wednesday’s fighting along the volatile, contested frontier shattered a fragile peace after dozens were killed in weekend clashes, the wors

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