India, Oct. 17 -- Hours after Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire, the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes in several districts of Paktika province, which lies along the Durand Line, media reports said.

According to TOLOnews, the strikes targeted residential areas in the Argun and Bermal districts near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. While local sources told the channel that there have been damages to multiple houses, no casualties have been confirmed so far.

Earlier in the day, at least seven Pakistani soldiers were killed and 13 others injured in a "coordinated suicide attack" on a military camp in North Waziristan, Pakistani security officials said.

The attack occurred just hours befor...