KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday that Pakistan had carried out two drone strikes on Kabul the previous day, just before the two neighbors announced a ceasefire following days of fighting that killed dozens in both countries and injured hundreds more. The truce Wednesday brought at least a temporary halt to the deadliest clashes between the neighbors since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following the collapse of the Western-backed government as the US and NATO forces were withdrawing after 20 years of war.

KHOST, Afghanistan: Residents in Khost city in Afghanistan have rallied behind Taliban forces following a weekend of fierce border clashes with Pakistan, expressing both defiance…

Pakistan and Taliban-run Afghanistan have signed on to a temporary truce following a series of border clashes and airstrikes.