PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AGREE TO TEMPORARY, 48-HOUR CEASEFIRE, ISLAMABAD SAYS

Wed 15 October 2025:

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours starting 6:00 p.m. Pakistan local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday, Islamabad said, after fresh fighting erupted between the neighbours, Reuters reported.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find a positive solution to the complex yet resolvable issue, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, Zabihullah Mujahid, wrote on his X page that at the request and insistence of the Pakistani side, a ceasefire was established between the two countries after 5:30 PM today. He wrote that the Islamic Emirate also instructs all its forces to observe the ceasefire after 5:30 PM until such time as no aggression is committed.

پاکستانی جانب کی درخواست اور اصرار پر، آج شام 5 بج کر 30 منٹ کے بعد دونوں ممالک کے درمیان سیز فایر نافذ ہوگی۔
اسلامی امارت اپنے تمام فورسز کو ہدایت دیتی ہے کہ شام 5:30 کے بعد، جب تک کوئی جارحیت نہ کرے، جنگ بندی کا احترام کریں۔

— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) October 15, 2025

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Strikes on Kabul, Kandahar

Earlier, Pakistan state broadcaster PTV News reported that the Pakistan armed forces conducted “precision strikes” in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province and capital Kabul.

A statement uploaded on X, quoting security sources, said: “Pakistan Army’s retaliatory action against Afghan Taliban aggression, key hideouts destroyed. Key hideouts of Afghan Taliban successfully targeted by Pakistan Army.

“These precision strikes were carried out in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. As a result of these strikes, Afghan Taliban Battalion Number 4 and Border Brigade Number 6 completely destroyed. Dozens of foreign and Afghan operatives killed.”

پاک فوج کی افغان طالبان کی جارحیت پر جوابی کارروائی ، اہم ٹھکانے تباہ کردیئے

پاک فوج کی جانب سے افغان طالبان کے اہم ٹھکانوں کو کامیابی سے نشانہ بنایا گیا، سکیورٹی ذرائع

یہ Precision Strikes افغان صوبہ قندھار میں کی گئیں، سکیورٹی ذرائع

ان سٹرائیکس کے نتیجے میں افغان طالبان… pic.twitter.com/tFmRFvj5F4

— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) October 15, 2025

The statement added that the Pakistan Army possessed the “full capability to give a strong and complete response to any external aggression”.

In a subsequent update, PTV reported, citing security sources, that strikes were conducted in Kabul as well.

“The centre and leadership of Fitna al-Hindustan were targeted in Kabul. The Pakistan Army possesses the full capability to give a befitting response to any aggression,” PTV reported.

Fitna-al-Hindustan is a term designated by the state for terrorist organisations in Balochistan.

The PTV post quoted security sources as saying that the Pakistan Army targeted Afghan Taliban Battalion Headquarters No 4, Battalion 8, and Border Brigade No 5 in Kandahar.

“All these targets were meticulously selected, isolated from civilian populations, and successfully destroyed,” the post read.

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