Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to immediate ceasefire after peace talks in Doha


 The Taliban spokesperson said that at the Doha talks, "It was decided that neither country will take hostile actions against the other, and support will not be provided to groups operating against the government of Pakistan."

In a follow-up post on X, he said it reflected Taliban's longstanding position that Afghanistan’s territory will not be used against any other country.
The statements made about the agreement do not constitute a joint declaration, he said.

AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWS FROM CRICKET SERIES OVER STRIKES

Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan had conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan hours after the ceasefire, which began on Wednesday, was extended on Friday for as long as the Doha talks continued.
He said the attacks targeted civilians, adding that Kabul reserved the right to respond but that Afghan fighters had been directed to refrain from retaliating to respect the negotiating team.
Afghanistan withdrew from the cricket Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan next month after the deaths of three local cricketers that the Afghanistan Cricket Board said were due to military strikes in Paktika province.
Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a post on X on Saturday that Pakistan had struck "verified" camps of Islamist militants along the border areas and rejected that the strikes had targeted civilians.
He said militants had attempted to launch multiple attacks inside Pakistan during the ceasefire period.
He said more than 100 militants were killed by Pakistani security forces, the majority of them in strikes against a militant group that he said had carried out Friday's suicide attack on the military camp.
Reuters could not independently verify the militant death toll given or any targets.

Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul, Asif Shahzad in Islamabad, Mushtaq Ali in Peshawar and Menna Alaa El-Din in Cairo; Writing by Asif Shahzad; Editing by William Mallard, Sharon Singleton, Alison Williams and Tomasz Janowski

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