Bangladesh, March 27 -- Renewed fighting erupted along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan after a temporary ceasefire expired, killing at least two civilians and wounding others in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said. The brief truce had been announced by the two sides ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Ziaur Rahman Speenghar, a director at the information and culture department in Afghanistan's Kunar province, said Pakistani forces fired dozens of artillery shells into the Narai and Sarkano districts, killing two civilians and wounding eight others.

Afghan border forces returned fire, he said, claiming they destroyed three Pakistani military posts and killed one person. His claims could not be independently veri...