Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a quick ceasefire after the Doha peace talks
By Asif Shahzad
Islamabad / Kabul (Reuters) – Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate freeze during talks in Doha, both sides said in a dispute between the South Asian neighbors because the Taliban seize power in Kabul in 2021.
The ceasefire has been “completed”, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khayawaja Muhammad Asif sent to X on Sunday, saying that both sides will meet again on October 25 in Istanbul to discuss “detailed issues”.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that the parties agreed on a complete and reasonable ceasefire.
Qatar’s foreign ministry, which was involved in Saturday’s talks with Turkey, said the following meetings were aimed at “ensuring the sustainability of the attack and ensuring its implementation in a reliable and continuous manner”.
Airstrikes, Airstrikes
Pakistan and Afghanistan are looking for a way forward after the conflict has left dozens dead and hundreds injured. The talks were led by Asif and his Afghan counterpart, Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob, both sides said.
The ground is fighting between the one-time children and pakistan airstrikes across their contested 2,6,600-mile) after seeking to be hit in Pakistan, saying they are working in areas in Afghanistan.
The Taliban denies that it has given the army the opportunity to attack Pakistan and accuses the Pakistani army of deploying forces that do not belong to Afghanistan and prevent the militants linked to the Islamic State to reduce its strength and sovereignty. Islamabad denies the allegations.
Militants have been waging war for years against the Pakistani government in a bid to topple the government and replace it with a strong position of Islamic rule.
On Friday, a suicide attack near the border killed seven Pakistani soldiers and wounded 13, security officials said.
“The Afghan government must find proxies that have sanctuaries in Afghanistan and use the soil of Afghanistan to perpetrate bitter attacks inside Pakistan,” said the chief of Pakistan, Marching Ashiyan Munir, said to address the graduation ceremony of cadets.
A Taliban spokesman said at the Doha Talks, “it was decided that one country would take hostile action against another, and support would not be given to groups working with the government of Pakistan.”
In the following post on X, he said that the Taliban’s long-standing position in Afghanistan shows that the territory of Afghanistan cannot be used in any other country.
The statements made in the agreement are not a joint declaration, he said.
Afghanistan withdraw from cricket series over strikes
Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan hours after the ceasefire, which was extended on Friday as long as the Doha talks continued.
He said that this attack targeted civilians, adding that Kabul reserved the right to respond but that Afghan fighters were directed to stop retaliating in order to respect the negotiating team.
Afghanistan pulled out of the Cricket Towny20 International Tri-series in Pakistan next month after the deaths of three local cricketers who the Afghanistan board said were from Pakthanistan province.
Pakistan’s minister Atteullah Tarar said in a post on X on Saturday that Pakistan had hit the border camps of Islamic militants and denied that the strikes were targeting civilians.
He said that the forces have tried to launch many attacks inside Pakistan in the last period.
He said more than 100 soldiers were killed by Pakistan’s security forces, most of them by a militant group that he said had carried out Friday’s attack on a military camp.
Reuters has not been able to independently verify the confirmation of the number of war deaths given to any of the groups.
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