A fragile ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border region was broken on Friday when Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghan territory, killing at least ten people. Pakistan's state television said that negotiations with Afghanistan would take place in Qatar as the violence erupted once more.

"Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and intelligence chief General Asim Malik will be heading to Doha today for talks with the Afghan Taliban," a statement on state-run television said.Subsequent airstrikes were launched shortly after the initial raids, targeting residential residences. Tolo News claimed that the number of casualties from this second series of strikes is yet unknown. Afghanistan has not yet responded to the incident formally.

Three cricket players from Afghanistan were slain.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) reported the deaths of three local Afghan cricket players from Paktika Province's Urgun District. After playing a friendly game at Sharana, the players had returned.

The ACB declared on Saturday that it would not be participating in the forthcoming Tri-Nation T20I series against Pakistan, expressing sorrow over the cricket players' deaths.

"Three players—Kabeer, Sibghatullah, and Haroon—as well as five other Urgun District citizens were martyred and seven others were wounded in this tragic event. In order to play a friendly cricket match, the players had already travelled to Sharana, the provincial capital of Paktika. They were attacked at a gathering when they got back to Urgun," the ACB said in its statement.