Pakistan announces ceasefire after deadly border clashes with Afghanistan - in pictures

  • Smoke rises from the site of explosions in Kabul during border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Late on October 15, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that a 48-hour ceasefire had been reached. AFP
    Smoke rises from the site of explosions in Kabul during border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Late on October 15, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that a 48-hour ceasefire had been reached. AFP
  • Afghan men inspect a house damaged in a Pakistani air strike during fighting between Taliban fighters and Pakistani border forces in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. AFP
    Afghan men inspect a house damaged in a Pakistani air strike during fighting between Taliban fighters and Pakistani border forces in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. AFP
  • People carry the bodies of those killed in cross-border shelling during a funeral in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. EPA
    People carry the bodies of those killed in cross-border shelling during a funeral in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. EPA
  • A Taliban fighter rides on a Soviet-era tank towards the border in Spin Boldak. AFP
    A Taliban fighter rides on a Soviet-era tank towards the border in Spin Boldak. AFP
  • A Taliban border patrol in Spin Boldak. EPA
    A Taliban border patrol in Spin Boldak. EPA
  • People flee the fighting on a loaded lorry at the border crossing in Chaman, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Reuters
    People flee the fighting on a loaded lorry at the border crossing in Chaman, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the border in Spin Boldak. Reuters
    Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the border in Spin Boldak. Reuters
  • A boy sits in front of his destroyed home in Spin Boldak. EPA
    A boy sits in front of his destroyed home in Spin Boldak. EPA
  • People injured in air strikes lie on hospital beds in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
    People injured in air strikes lie on hospital beds in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
  • A man clears debris from his damaged house during the temporary ceasefire in Spin Boldak. Reuters
    A man clears debris from his damaged house during the temporary ceasefire in Spin Boldak. Reuters
  • A building in Kabul said to have been damaged in a Pakistani air strike. EPA
    A building in Kabul said to have been damaged in a Pakistani air strike. EPA
  • The funeral of people killed in cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. AFP
    The funeral of people killed in cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. AFP
  • Residents among the ruins of a house hit by drone strikes in Kabul. AP
    Residents among the ruins of a house hit by drone strikes in Kabul. AP
  • A group of people survey a building damaged in alleged Pakistani air strikes on Kabul. EPA
    A group of people survey a building damaged in alleged Pakistani air strikes on Kabul. EPA