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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe and agencies in Kabul

Pakistan to pause Afghan strikes for Eid, two days after deadly Kabul attack

Afghan Red Crescent Society volunteers carry a coffin on their shoulders
Afghan Red Crescent Society volunteers help carry the coffins of some of the victims of the attack during a mass funeral in Kabul on Wednesday. Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan has announced a five-day pause in strikes against neighbouring Afghanistan, as a mass funeral was held for some of the hundreds of victims killed in Monday’s attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban government has said more than 400 people were killed and 265 others wounded in that attack, which took place as people at the centre were praying days before the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

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