Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday that Pakistan had carried out two drone strikes on Kabul the previous day, just before the two neighbors announced a ceasefire following days of fighting that killed dozens in both countries and injured hundreds more.

A high-level delegation from Afghanistan left for peace talks with Pakistan on Saturday in Doha, an Afghan government spokesperson said, after the countries extended a ceasefire to their fierce border clashes.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistani version of the Taliban, ramps up attacks inside Pakistan. In response, Pakistan’s government demands that its equivalent in Afghanistan, headed by the Taliban,

The deteriorating relationship follows a series of deadly attacks inside Pakistan, reportedly carried out by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from within Afghanistan.

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Saturday that Pakistan and Afghanistan must establish clear and lasting rules for coexistence, stressing that geography binds the two countries together.

Twenty European countries on Saturday called upon the European Commission to provide more options for returning Afghans without residence permits to their home country. The Dutch government published a letter to this effect addressed to EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner.

Police say a suicide car bomber backed by the Pakistani Taliban has attacked a sprawling compound of security forces in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, triggering an intense shootout t