US EditionPakistan Says Peace Talks with Afghanistan 'Failed'
Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban of harboring militants after peace talks collapse, following border clashes that killed over 70 and wounded hundreds, officials said.
- On Wednesday Pakistan said negotiations in Istanbul failed to produce a workable truce after four days of talks brokered by Qatar and Turkey.
- The dispute centres on Islamabad's concerns about Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan using Afghan territory as a base, straining relations along the 2,600-kilometre frontier.
- Pakistan's military said on Saturday that 23 personnel had been killed and 29 wounded after explosions in Kabul earlier this month, amid rising violence.
- The border has been closed for more than two weeks, leaving about 50 to 60 trucks with rotting fruit in Spin Boldak, and a Pakistani security source warned of escalation risk.
- A Pakistani security source reported that Abdul Mateen Qani said on Monday any attack would be met with a strong response, and the Taliban government denied harboring militants, after Kabul's instructions reversed the Afghan Taliban delegation’s position.
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My Mother LodePakistan’s Defense Minister warns Afghanistan of stern response to any new militant attacks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s defense minister warned Afghanistan on Wednesday that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response, hours after talks between them in Istanbul failed to secure a peace agreement.
In the last few weeks, the most violent battles have taken place in the border area in years. Now there is a threat of further escalation.
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lrytas.ltPakistan said on Wednesday that talks on a long-term ceasefire with Afghanistan had failed to find an effective solution and warned it would take measures to protect its population.
Pak-Afghan talks in Istanbul failed to bring about any workable solution, says information minister
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said early on Wednesday that the latest round of talks between Islamabad and Kabul in Istanbul “failed to bring about any workable solution”, adding that Pakistan would continue to take all possible measures to protect its citizens from terrorism. After days of fighting along the Pak-Afghan border and strikes by Islamabad on Gul Bahadur group camps in Afghanistan, the two countrie…
Pakistan blames India over failed peace talks with Taliban in Istanbul: 'Fighting proxy war'
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has slammed the Taliban government in Afghanistan after failed talks over peace along the borders. Asif accused Kabul of working at the behest of India to create unrest in the region. He said New Delhi was fighting a ‘proxy war’ by using the Taliban as its ‘puppet’. “India has penetrated the government in Kabul. New Delhi has started a proxy war through Afghanistan. There should not be any doubt on this,”…
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