Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced that a ceasefire with neighboring Pakistan would go into effect Wednesday, after a second eruption of cross-border violence in less than a week that has left dozens of people dead and injured and seen Pakistan carry out unprecedented airstrikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a social media post that at least 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 others wounded in cross-border attacks by Pakistani security forces along the border in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province. An international medical charity said at least five people were killed Wednesday amid explosions in Kabul, but the cause of the blasts could not be immediately confirmed.

Mujahid said Taliban forces responded on Wednesday, killing s

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