Turkey’s Erdogan offers to try to revive a truce as Pakistan-Afghan border clashes enter sixth day

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By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate for a new ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan as border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered their sixth day on Wednesday.

The conflict erupted last week with Afghanistan launching attacks on Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the previous weekend. Since then, Pakistan has carried out operations along the border and declared it was in an “open war” with Afghanistan, alarming the international community.