Pakistan decides to declare 48-hour ceasefire at Afghanistan’s request

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to declare a ceasefire at the request of the Afghan Taliban for the next 48 hours from 6 pm today.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the Afghan Taliban regime had requested a ceasefire.

According to the Foreign Ministry, a temporary ceasefire has been decided for the next 48 hours from 6 pm today at the request of the Afghan Taliban.

The Foreign Ministry says that efforts will be made to find a positive solution to the problem through constructive bilateral talks.

According to sources, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, and possibly the Afghan Foreign Minister will hold talks on behalf of Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Pakistan Army had strongly responded to the Afghan Taliban aggression across various sectors, destroying multiple posts and TTP hideouts in the Zhob and Chaman sectors, security sources said.

According to the state-run PTV News, the Pakistan Army conducted comprehensive counter-operations, using heavy artillery.

“Several Taliban militants have been killed or injured in the operations,” sources said.

The army’s counter-attacks have inflicted significant human and material losses on the Afghan Taliban, state-run media reported.

“The mortar fire has transformed the area into a cloud of smoke, with the sounds of explosions echoing for a long time,” sources said.

The report further alleged that the precision strikes targeting key Afghan Taliban hideouts were carried out in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.

The military sources confirmed that the Afghan Taliban Battalion No. 4 and the Border Brigade No. 6 were destroyed in these strikes. “Dozens of foreign and Afghan operatives were killed.”