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Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide attack near the border with Afghanistan, amid a "fragile" ceasefire between the two countries that halted violent fighting that had lasted for several days this month, according to Pakistani security officials announced today (Friday).
The officials reported that the soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by militants on a Pakistani army camp in North Waziristan, which also resulted in the injury of 13 others.
They added that a militant rammed a car bomb into the wall of a fortified location used as an army camp, while two others attempted to storm the facility before being shot dead.
Calm prevailed yesterday (Thursday) along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan following the two countries' agreement to a ceasefire after bloody clashes that lasted several days in the border areas and extended to Kabul, which witnessed explosions.
Islamabad announced that the ceasefire, which came into effect at 13:00 GMT on Wednesday, would last for 48 hours to allow for "a positive resolution through constructive dialogue."
Witnesses reported municipal workers busy repairing damage in one of the neighborhoods of the Afghan capital, while the effects of black smoke covered the roads, and some neighborhoods still lacked electricity due to damaged power cables.
In the city of Chaman on the Pakistani side of the border, markets reopened in the morning, but they were less crowded than usual.
For his part, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, on the second day of the ceasefire with Afghanistan, stated that "the ball is in the court" of the Afghan Taliban government to make this ceasefire permanent.
Sharif said during a meeting with his government: "We agreed to a temporary ceasefire lasting 48 hours," adding, "If they want to resolve the issues and meet our legitimate demands, we are ready to welcome them. The ball is in their court."