India, Oct. 19 -- Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following over a week of cross-border fighting that killed dozens and injured hundreds, Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, media reports said.

The agreement was reached after talks in Doha, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, aimed at ending one of the deadliest crises between the two neighbors in years.

The truce comes after Pakistan launched airstrikes in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province late Friday, just hours after a 48-hour ceasefire expired.

Islamabad said the strikes targeted hideouts of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group in retaliation for a suicide bombing at a security compound in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistani officials clai...