Afghanistan And Pakistan Have Stopped Fighting Because Of The Holiday

The sides adopted the temporary ceasefire in connection with the upcoming Islamic holiday of Uraza Bayra.

Afghanistan has temporarily suspended hostilities against Pakistan at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. This was said in a statement by Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on social networking site X.

Pakistan had earlier also temporarily suspended its hostilities against Afghanistan, Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said on social networking site X. He wrote that Pakistan decided to suspend hostilities at the request of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. The pause in hostilities is from the night of March 19 to midnight on March 24.

The sides adopted the temporary ceasefire in connection with the upcoming Islamic holiday of Uraza Bayram (Eid-ul-Fitr), which this year is celebrated on the night of March 19 to 20.

Uraza Bayram (from Turk. Uraza - fasting, bairam - holiday; in Arabic it is called Eid al-Fitr and translates as "the holiday of the cessation of fasting") is one of the two major Muslim holidays that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Afghanistan launched a military operation against Pakistan in late February 2026.

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