Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a "temporary ceasefire," officials say, after an air strike and ground fighting killed more than a dozen civilians.

Wednesday's fighting along the volatile, contested frontier shattered a fragile peace after weekend clashes that killed dozens, the worst between the two countries since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.

A Pakistani foreign ministry statement said that the two countries had decided to implement a "temporary ceasefire" for 48 hours starting at 6pm local time on Wednesday.

"During this period, both sides will make sincere efforts, through constructive dialogue, to find a positive solution to this complex yet resolvable issue," the statement said, adding that the truce was agreed upon at the request of the Afghan governme

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