Afghanistan and Pakistan are holding peace talks. Here's what to know

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded. It erupted after an Oct. 9 explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and another in the southeastern province of Paktika the same day that Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government blamed on Pakistan. Earlier this week, Pakistan's military spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif said more than 200 Afghan soldiers and more than 100 militants were killed when Pakistani forces targeted militant hideouts and army positions in Afghanistan after coming under attack.