The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire lasting 48 hours following recent clashes that resulted in the deaths of several civilians and military personnel.

Details regarding the ceasefire remain vague, and neither the foreign ministries of Pakistan nor the Taliban have immediately addressed inquiries from Fox News Digital. However, reports from Wednesday indicate that Pakistan’s foreign ministry is actively seeking dialogue to address the ongoing conflict.

Both nations have accused each other of instigating the hostilities that erupted over the weekend along their shared border, marking the most severe conflict since the Taliban assumed control of Kabul in 2021, according to Reuters.

Border skirmishes have been a longstanding issue along the 1,600-mile boundary, primarily due to territorial disputes. Since the Taliban’s rise to power in 2021, Islamabad has alleged that the Taliban are harboring militants opposed to Pakistan.

On Wednesday, the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of launching strikes in Spin Boldak, a city in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province located at the border. They claimed these attacks resulted in the deaths of over a dozen civilians and injuries to 100 more individuals.

Pakistan also claimed that four of its civilians were wounded in attacks by the Taliban forces in Chaman, which is the district directly opposite of Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak, reported Reuters. 

Additional fighting between troops and militants apparently broke out in a second area in Pakistan’s Orakzai district to the north, where Islamabad said six Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed and two security officials were wounded. 

Nine militants were also reportedly killed after the violence allegedly broke out during a search by Pakistani forces in an area that was attacked by militants last week in which 11 Pakistani soldiers were killed.

Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2025.  (REUTERS/Stringer)

Reports on social media also suggested that a Pakistani intelligence office was hit on Wednesday in an incident in Peshawar, a city just to the north of Pakistan’s Orakzai district, though Fox News Digital could not independently confirm this. 

President Donald Trump last week suggested he could help end the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, though neither side has said he had a role to play in the current truce and the White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s questions on the subject.