Fog of war: Smoke rising up from the site of explosions in Kabul, amid heavy border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. — AFP
A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding, officials on both sides said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes.
In Spin Boldak, a focal point of recent clashes on the Afghan side, an AFP journalist saw shops reopening and residents returning to homes they had fled during the fighting.
