Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree to Temporary Eid al-Fitr ‘Pause’ in Conflict

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a temporary “pause” in hostilities during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr this week, officials said, amid weeks of deadly violence between the neighboring countries. 
  
Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the pause—set to run from midnight on Thursday until midnight on Tuesday—had been requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye. 
 
“Pakistan offers this gesture in good faith and in keeping with the Islamic norms,” Tarar wrote in a social media post. 
  
However, he warned that “in case of any cross-border attack, drone attack, or any terrorist incident inside Pakistan, [operations] shall immediately resume with renewed intensity”. 
  
Shortly after the announcement, a spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban government also said it would temporarily suspend military operations against Pakistan. 
 
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