Pakistani and Afghan officials began talks in Qatar on Saturday to defuse tensions, a senior Taliban official said, after at least 10 Afghanis were killed in Pakistani airstrikes following a brief truce. Kabul had accused Islamabad of violating a 48-hour ceasefire, which briefly put a stop to nearly a week…

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif leads Pakistani delegation.FO says Doha talks focus on ending cross-border terrorism.Adds Pakistan appreciates Qatar's mediation role in talks.Amid the heightened tensions between the two neighbouring...

Afghan and Pakistani delegations were in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, for talks on defusing the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting killed dozens of people and injured hundreds on both sides.

Afghanistan and Pakistan began peace talks on October 18 in the Qatari capital of Doha after border clashes and attacks raised fears of an all-out war between the two countries.

Islamabad: Army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Saturday warned Afghanistan to choose between "peace and chaos" as it asked Kabul to take firm and

Monitoring Desk: After deadly border clashes, Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to ceasefire after 14 hours talks in Doha hosted by Qatar and also attended by Turkish officials. The follow-up talks are planned in Istanbul on October 25. According to available information in Qatar’s official media, Qatar’s foreign ministry confirmed that Pakistan and Afghanistan accepted an immediate truce during peace talks in Doha, co-mediated by Turkey. “Masoud Andarabi, Acting Director of Afghan Intelligence (NDS) during 2010-2021 confirmed that India is using Afghan Taliban to bleed Pakistan and fund Afghan Taliban since long to inject terrorism into Pakistan. He feared that India had planned to fight its war against Pakistan through Afghan soil and it would be another war of foreign powers to be fought at Afghan land” An official statement of Qatari Foreign Office, Islamabad and Kabul would keep engage in follow-up meetings.  It is pertinent to mention that both the countries held over 100 meetings in last four years…