Pakistan, Afghanistan Extend Ceasefire
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Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold crisis talks in Doha, Qatar on Saturday as violence continues despite truce.
The Taliban government in Afghanistan says more than a dozen Afghan civilians were killed and over 100 others were wounded in renewed fighting with Pakistan
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