Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 10 persons and breaking a temporary ceasefire that the two countries had agreed to amid clashes along their border, AFP reported.

A ceasefire had been reached on Wednesday after nearly a week of border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides.

When the truce began on Wednesday, Islamabad said that it was to last 48 hours , but Kabul said the ceasefire would remain in effect until Pakistan violated it, AFP reported.

On Friday, AFP quoted an unidentified official from the Taliban administration as saying that Pakistan had violated the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika province.

“Afghanistan will retaliate,” the official was quoted as saying.

Ten civilians, includ

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